A Hong Kong social enterprise is on a mission to help the city’s ethnic minority groups build a career in sports, while also offering culturally and religiously sensitive programmes.

Inherited Sports supports ethnic minority communities by helping them qualify as coaches, opening up job opportunities and broadening career prospects.

The group has helped 11 men and two women become certified coaches, and later this month will launch its annual programme to teach Muslim women to swim.

“Inherited Sports is all about helping ethnic minorities in Hong Kong,” project officer and coach Tushal Gaha said.

“Many may not know Chinese, and what happens if you don’t know Chinese? Maybe you get fewer job opportunities.

“We’re trying to find ways to break the cycle of ethnic minorities working for Foodpanda, in construction, being security guards and things like that.”