The Big Bangs France launched their activities in April 2010. After taking benefits from a tournament organized in the Alps, we sponsored two teams, boys and girls, in the inter-uni annual tournament. Great success!
The IEP boys and girls teams won their respective tournament in Strasbourg, France. The teams, led by Cesar and Domi, both member of French board, gave their maximum to beat teams like Paris, Lyon or Lille.
In spite of a difficult draw, the boys did a terrific come back to win, in a breathtaking final game, the championship …

A HUGE congratulations from the Big Bangs International team to Big Bangs France, who have hit the ground running and are hard at work all over the country!
They have also gone out of their way to start up a French Web-Portal for all of our francophone friends to be able to understand who we are and what we do!  You can visit this great site here.

So what does Big Bangs France do?  Best we let them explain:
D’abord organiser des tournois pour faire connaître l’asso, faire se rencontrer les gens et …

The following is an article from the Daily Star, Dhaka’s biggest newspaper.  Article is also available here.
The “Big Bangs” is a fairly recognizable name in the Dhaka sports scene. The best basketball players around Dhaka all try out for this all-star team, hoping their skills are good enough to earn them a spot. However, the “Seven Nation Army” of basketball is not just a place where kids show off skills. The team is also involved in many humanitarian projects, such as building houses and basketball courts for children around the …

When I packed my bags to leave for the Sudanese-Australian National Basketball Tournament I was expecting some outstanding basketball. What I was not expecting was a fully loaded bus with rowdy ballers, a trip to the emergency dentist, a crowd so electric and loud that the roof should have blown off and a sense of community so overwhelming that it made me wish I was Sudanese myself.
The trip started off with us all trying to negotiate a way to fit all twenty-five of us onto the bus. Apparently some boys …

Pierre Johannessen, CEO of the Big Bangs, was invited back to State Focus in December after being named ACT Young Australian of the Year 2010.
Pierre and Peta Burton talk about how far the Big Bangs have come in such a short time, as well as plans for the coming year.

Big Bangs CEO Pierre Johannessen appears in this week’s issue of the Canberra Weekly, in an article by our favorite print journalist, Julie Snook.  Thanks also to the fantastic photographer Cole Bennetts.
Basketballer and humanitarian Pierre
Johannessen, 27, has shown ‘team is everything’,
having been awarded the ACT Young Australian
of the Year. In 2007 Pierre and three others
established the Big Bang Ballers, running
tournaments, coaching teams and giving
disadvantaged children the opportunity to
participate in basketball.

Basketballer and humanitarian Pierre Johannessen, 27, has shown ‘team is everything’, having been awarded the ACT Young Australian of the Year. …

On 1 September 2009, Big Bangs CEO Pierre Johannessen was interviewed on Radio Adelaide’s “Breakfast with Peter Godfrey”.  Pierre spoke of the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development program, and the foundation of the Big Bang Ballers while on assignment in Bangladesh.
You can listen to the interview here: http://radioadelaidebreakfast.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/6930/

ACT Australian of the Year 2010 awards go off with a BIG BANG
BIG BANGS CEO, Pierre Johannessen has been named ACT Young Australian of the Year
Canberra, Thursday 26 November 2009:
The BIG BANGS CEO, Pierre Johannessen has been awarded the title of ACT Young Australian of the Year.
Chief Minister Jon Stanhope presented Johannessen with the coveted award at the National Portrait Gallery recognising his tireless efforts in humanitarian aid globally.
Johannessen co-founded the BIG BANG BALLERS, an international NGO using the game of basketball to tackle youth poverty and social disadvantage. In …

Videos from the Big Bangs Philippines Tour 2009.  All participants have given their permission to have their interviews broadcast.  Many thanks to Damien Geary for providing the footage.