bomovu

What bomovu does

Bomovu (legal name: Sosyal Güçlendirme için Spor ve Beden Hareketi Derneği) is a Turkish nonprofit association headquartered in Kadıköy, Istanbul, that uses sports and body movement programs to promote social empowerment and combat discrimination in sports and body politics. Founded in 2022 (with documented programmatic activity dating to 2017), the organization delivers workshops and educational resources targeting vulnerable populations including adolescent girls and young women (ages 10-18), refugees and displaced persons, women and survivors of violence, and children at risk. Programs span creative movement and dance ateliers, Wendo self-defense training, social circus, anti-racist pedagogy, peace-through-play initiatives, and a new traveling Decolonial Contemporary Dance series. Content is produced in Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, and English to ensure accessibility across Turkey's diverse populations.

The organization operates a portfolio of more than 15 distinct programs supported by a multilingual resource library (guides, toolkits, video series, and booklets). Distribution is community-led: a network of volunteer athletes and body movement practitioners delivers programming through partnerships with community centers (Yusra, Ad.dar, Tarlabaşı, Sulukule Gönüllüleri Derneği), municipalities (Kadıköy Belediyesi, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi), and civil society organizations across Istanbul, Rize, Artvin, Mardin, Trakya, and the eastern cities of Wan (Van) and Amed (Diyarbakır). Bomovu is a member of ENAR (European Network Against Racism) and Keep Children Safe, and holds cross-border collaboration agreements including with Youth Bridge Turkey-Germany.

The business model is grant-funded and nonprofit: revenue is sourced from institutional grants (Global Fund for Women 2022-2024, Women Win 2017-2021, Sabancı Foundation, EMpower Foundation, King Baudouin Foundation managing the Nike Covid-19 fund) and individual donations. All programs are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries. Headcount is 1-10 employees with a heavy reliance on volunteer practitioners. No technology platform, API, or proprietary software product exists; the "product" set consists of social programs, training curricula, and educational materials rather than commercial software.

Name

bomovu

Legal name

Sosyal Güçlendirme için Spor ve Beden Hareketi Derneği

Website

https://bomovu.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bomovu is a Turkish nonprofit association using sports, dance, self-defense, and body movement programs to promote social empowerment for marginalized groups including refugee children, adolescent girls, and women across multiple Turkish cities, funded by institutional grants and delivered free of charge through a volunteer practitioner and partner network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Sports and Social Empowerment Programs

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK), Physical Education (PE) & Fitness Programs (EDAJAJAC)

Keywords

• Sports-based empowerment programs
• Social inclusion through sports
• Refugee sports programs
• Anti-discrimination sports education
• Community body movement workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Istanbul

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Institutional Grants and Donations: Bomovu operates as a nonprofit association funded through institutional grants from foundations (Global Fund for Women, Women Win, Sabancı Foundation, EMpower Foundation, King Baudouin Foundation) and individual donations. The organization receives funding for specific programs and project cycles.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bomovu is a nonprofit civil society association that designs and delivers sports and body movement programs for social empowerment. It runs free workshops, training cycles, and educational resources addressing discrimination, gender-based violence, and exclusion in sports for vulnerable groups including girls, women, refugees, and at-risk children across Turkey. Programs combine methods such as dance, hip-hop, social circus, Wendo self-defense, anti-racist pedagogy, and movement therapy, delivered through partner community centers, schools, and municipalities.

Product overview

BoMoVu (Sosyal Güçlendirme için Spor ve Beden Hareketi Derneği) is a civil society organization that develops sports and body movement programs for social empowerment, NOT a technology product company. The organization's 'products' are social programs, educational resources, and training materials. Core programs include: Hareket Okulda (school-based movement), Genç Kızlar Geleceklerini Sporla Kuruyor/Future Moves with Girls (girls' empowerment through dance and football), Eleştirel Beden (critical body studies), Barışa Oyna (peace through play), Sen Neredeysen Hareket Orada (inclusive digital content during COVID-19), Hareketin Özgür (refugee support), Kırmızı Burunlar (social circus), and Dekolonyal Pencereden Çağdaş Dans (decolonial dance workshops). Supporting resources include the Goal@Home activity booklet (4 languages), Sporda Şiddet Ölçeği (violence assessment tool), the comprehensive 'Sosyal Değişim için Spor' guide, video discussion series, trilingual pilates booklets, and the multilingual storybook 'Renkler Ülkesi'. Programs target vulnerable groups including children, refugees, women, and marginalized communities across Turkey.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hareket Okulda
• Genç Kızlar Geleceklerini Sporla Kuruyor (Future Moves with Girls)
• Eleştirel Beden
• Barışa Oyna Play for peace program using games and structured activities to foster peaceful coexistence, anti-racism, and social cohesion among children and youth across different regions of Turkey.
• Sen Neredeysen Hareket Orada Inclusive physical activity program for displaced children, elderly, and vulnerable groups providing digital and printed materials in Turkish, Kurdish, and Arabic, designed for use during lockdowns or limited-access conditions.
• Irkçılık Karşıtı Pedagoji Anti-racist pedagogy program providing guides and resources for educators and youth workers on racism awareness and inclusive practices.
• Ben de Böyleyim
• Hareketin Özgür Physical activity and inclusion program for refugees and displaced persons delivered through community centers in Istanbul, with guides for inclusive physical activities in Turkish, Kurdish, and Arabic.
• Kırmızı Burunlar Social circus program introducing juggling, balance, and acrobatics workshops for children, building confidence, coordination, and social skills.
• Dekolonyal Pencereden Çağdaş Dans Traveling workshop series examining contemporary dance through a decolonial perspective, exploring cultural hegemony, body politics, and artistic expression across multiple cities in Turkey.
• WENDO Atölyeleri Self-defense workshops for women combining physical techniques, body language, voice training, and improvisation to prevent violence before it escalates. WENDO combines 'Women' and Japanese 'Do' (way/path).
• Gönüllü Sporcu Programı Volunteer athlete program connecting volunteer athletes with civil society organizations to deliver sports-based social benefit programs, following a 5-stage process from needs assessment to program evaluation.
• Dijital Beden Perküsyonu Digital body percussion project enabling children in Germany and Turkey to create collaborative musical performances during pandemic lockdowns using the MelodiOL educational video series.
• Goal@Home Oyun Kitabı Activity booklet published in Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, and English from the Goal program by Women Win, enabling girls to develop skills through sports-themed exercises at home.
• Sporda Şiddet Ölçeği Turkish adaptation of France's Réglo'Sport tool - a violence assessment scale in sports environments using color-coded levels (green, orange, red) to identify safe, uncomfortable, and dangerous situations.
• Sosyal Değişim için Spor: Beden Hareketi Programı Geliştirme Rehberi Comprehensive guide for developing egalitarian, inclusive, and participatory sports and body movement programs, designed for organizations, educators, and activists.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96 hours of Creative Movement and Dance Workshops delivered; 127 girls reached; 58 girls completed the program
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Youth Bridge Turkey-Germany (Gençlik Köprüsü Türkiye-Almanya - GKTA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentral contact point for youth exchanges between Germany and Turkey; facilitates funding, networking, and project development support for cross-border youth initiatives.
• SUPR SPORTSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHamburg-based youth social initiative working with organizations that use sports for social change; partnered on social sports exchange meeting in Hamburg, November 2019.
• Sulukule Gönüllüleri DerneğicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey implementation partner for multiple projects including Risk Altındaki Çocukların Güçlendirilmesi and Ben de Böyleyim programs; provides venue and coordination for workshops with at-risk children.
• ENAR (European Network Against Racism)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network working to end racism, of which Bomovu is a member; provides platform for sharing knowledge and coordinating anti-racist work in sports across Europe.
• Keep Children SafeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational child safeguarding network that Bomovu is affiliated with, ensuring child protection standards in all programs.
• Train of Hope DortmundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman organization partnering on the Digital Body Percussion project, jointly creating digital content connecting children in Germany and Turkey during pandemic lockdowns.
• Yusra Community CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity center serving refugees and displaced persons in Istanbul; partner in Hareketin Özgür program delivering physical activities to beneficiaries.
• Ad.dar Community CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity center in Istanbul working with displaced populations; initial partner in Hareketin Özgür program (2017).
• Tarlabaşı Community CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity center in Istanbul; partner in Hareketin Özgür program (2017) serving displaced persons with physical activity programs.
• Başak Kültür ve Sanat VakfıcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation partner in Hareketin Özgür third phase (2019-2020), hosting women's and children's programs in Istanbul's Anatolian side.
• Türkiye Çocuklara Yeniden Özgürlük Vakfı (TÇYÖV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation serving children affected by justice system and displacement; key partner for Ben de Böyleyim and Hareketin Özgür programs.
• Kadıköy BelediyesicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality providing venue (Kuşdili Training Center) and coordination for girls' empowerment workshops including creative movement and dance ateliers.
• İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kadın ve Aile Hizmetleri MüdürlüğücoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal department providing venue and support for girls' programs across multiple locations including Piripaşa, Hacıahmet, and Örnektepe community spaces.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PeacePlayers International: Non-profit using basketball to unite divided communities. Directly comparable methodology of using sport as peacebuilding and anti-discrimination pedagogy, similar to Bomovu's Barışa Oyna program.
• Sport dans la Ville: French non-profit using sport for social and professional integration of youth from disadvantaged neighborhoods. Comparable methodology combining sport with social-empowerment curricula.
• Women Win: International non-profit that funds and co-develops sport-for-girls-empowerment programs globally. Bomovu is a long-standing Women Win partner (2017-2021) implementing the 'Ben de Böyleyim' and Goal@Home programs.
• Right to Play: Global sport-for-development organization using sport to empower children in marginalized communities. Comparable mandate (sport as empowerment tool) and beneficiary overlap (refugees, at-risk youth), though operating at much larger scale.
• Soccer Without Borders: US-based non-profit using soccer to engage refugee and immigrant youth. Shares Bomovu's specific focus on refugees, displaced persons, and girls' empowerment through sport.
• Magic Bus India Foundation: Non-profit using sport and physical activity to take children out of poverty in India. Comparable sport-for-development methodology, youth empowerment outcomes, and grant-funded operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Common Goal: Global non-profit collective linking professional footballers with grassroots sport-for-development organizations. Relevant ecosystem player for any sport-based social-impact NGO.
• Generation Amazing (Qatar Foundation): FIFA-linked large-scale sport-for-development program for youth in marginalized communities. Overlapping beneficiary focus (refugees, girls, vulnerable youth) but broader geographic scope and corporate-funding model.
• International Inspiration (UK): Sport-for-development initiative using Olympic legacy funding. Comparable sport-for-development and disability-inclusion methodology but as a large legacy-funded program rather than a small Turkish NGO.

Others

• European Network Against Racism (ENAR): Pan-European anti-racism network of which Bomovu is a member. Adjacent, not directly comparable, but provides thematic and funding-network overlap relevant to Bomovu's anti-racist pedagogy work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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