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Sport for Development and Peace
Georgia Pavlostathis
Key Concepts
Sport
Peace-building
Development
Sport
Physical Activity
Physical fitness
Mental well-being
Social interaction
Sport
Play
Recreation
Organized or competitive sport
Indigenous sports and games
Sport
Participation
Teamwork
Respect
Citizenship
Inclusion
Fairness
Development
The role of human development is “advancing the richness of human life,
rather than the richness of the economy in which human beings live.”
-Amartya Sen
Development
“People are the real wealth of nations.”
Development
UNDP
Growing national capital
Fighting poverty
Building democratic societies
Preventing crisis, enabling recovery
Halting and reversing HIV/AIDSProtecting the environment
Empowering women
Development
Development cooperation projects
Long Term
Emergency humanitarian aid activities
Short Term
Regional GlobalLocal
Development and Sport
Partners: The International Cricket Council, UNAIDS, UNICEF
THINK WISE: The Global Cricket AIDS Partnership
Location: Local and regional networks in India, South Africa, Pakistan, Guyana, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, and UK.
Field of work: Health and social integration.
Target group: Children and young people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.
THINK WISE: The Global Cricket AIDS Partnership
Rejection by family, peers, and the
greater
community.
Negative effect on the success of HIV testing and treatment.
Psychological damage.
Poor treatment in healthcare and
education
settings.
Consequences
Issue: AIDS-related stigma and
discrimination
Prejudice
Negative attitudes
Abuse
Program strategy: Cricket as a way to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention and to end discrimination against people affected by the disease.
THINK WISE: The Global Cricket AIDS Partnership
Provide information resources to
young people and volunteers, coaches, about
the AIDS epidemic.
Encourage informed
decision making and help-seeking
behaviors to prevent new infections.
Developing Minds Foundation: Mangueira Favela
Developing Minds Foundation: Mangueira Favela
Partners: The Developing Minds Foundation and Flamengo
Location: The Mangueira favela (urban slum) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Field of work: Social integration, individual development.
Target group: 200 children and young people living in the Mangueira favela.
Developing Minds Foundation: Mangueira Favela
Issue: Poverty, unrest, violence, and drug-
trafficking.
High risk for conflict
High murder rates.
Undereducated and underdeveloped
children.Drug usage and recruitment of children by drug-trafficking gang
s.
Limited job opportunities, increasing the risk of falling into the drug trade.
Underlying fear.
Social
exclusion both within and outside of the
favela.
Consequences
Program strategy: Football as a means to provide structure and personalized supervision by the coaches to help guide vulnerable children toward a safer and more productive direction.
Developing Minds Foundation: Mangueira Favela
Coaches speak to children collectively and individually about their problems, offering guidance
guidance.
The Huancayo Race
Partners: Local government and small local industries.
Location: Mantaro Valley of Huancayo, Peru.
Field of work: Local economic development.
Target group: Local communities.
The Huancayo Race
Create jobs and opportunities to upgrade skills and produce further services and products.
Generate interest to attract people to attend the sporting event and purchase event-related products and services.
Local Industry Local Sports Sector
Sporting Event
Peace-building
“…action to identify and support structures which will
tend to strengthen and solidify peace in order to avoid
a relapse into conflict”
Peace-building
•Political,
•Security, and
•Development aspects
Process
•Short and long term
•Reconciliation between warring parties
•Sustainable peace
Goals
•Reintegration of former combatants into civilian society
•Elevate respect for human rights
•Conflict resolution and reconciliation techniques
Initiatives
Peace-building and Sport
Reduction of tension and violence between groups by promoting
positive relationships
Sport
Interpersonal and inter-group relations
Safe and accessible social
spaces
Holistic Approach
Peace Players International
“Children who play together can learn to live together.”
Mission: To unite, educate and inspire young people in divided communities through basketball (Cyprus, Northern Ireland, etc.)
Vision: Individual connections creating a more peaceful world.
Bridging divides
Developing leaders
Changing perception
s
Peace Players International
Peace Players International Middle East is a locally led
initiative in Israel and the West Bank that educates Jewish and
youth and their communities through basketball.
Over 300 children are registered in the program.
The program also fosters gender equality through sport.
Resources
www.sportanddev.org
www.peaceplayersintl.org
icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/social_responsibility/think_wise/index.php
www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sport/home
www.developingmindsfoundation.org
www.streetfootballworld.org
hdr.undp.org/en/humandev