Category Archives: International

Soccer Without Borders

The organization Soccer Without Borders (SWB) is another great example of individuals combining their passion for sports, in this case soccer, and their desire to affect change. No matter where…

Being the bridge – Basketball Diplomacy

We don’t have to solve world problems all by ourselves. However, we can make contributions, no matter how small, to the collective effort that can help overcome those problems. I…

Peace and Sport – UIPM celebrate International Day of Peace

Press release. On the International Day of Peace, Peace and Sport is committed to deploying new sports in fragile countries. First example: Biathle. Monaco, 21 September 2009 – As the…

Peace One Day – adidas and PUMA participate

Today is the day! To learn more about this ongoing effort and this very special day, please visit http://peaceoneday.org/en/welcome. We lead off with an introduction about the movement and then…

Int'l Platform on Sport & Dev – weekly digest

You can join The Platform’s Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=20674774578&ref=ts. The weekly digest is but one of the great ways to stay in touch with sport and development. You can read…

KaBoom! – A week to play and rally support

KaBoom! has been around for almost 15 years and captures the spirit of play, development and entrepreneurship unlike most others. Its model of community and business partnerships, and the sharing…

Global Peace Games for Children and Youth – Sept. 21

You can learn more about this global grassroots effort at http://www.playsoccer-nonprofit.org/2009invitation.html. We have provided an excerpt below. (Excerpt) The Global Peace Games for Children and Youth are an annual event…

Table tennis – a vehicle to promote peace & understanding…and killer topspin

My brother and I spent many hours in the basement in feverish ping-pong battle. Topspin, slices, drop shots, we did it all. 🙂 SportandDev.org wrote about the International Table Tennis…

YouTube channel for UN Sports and Development

There will be no Paris or Kim, Jon or Kate, or anything you would see on Entertainment Tonight or Access Hollywood (thank god). Rather,there will be videos highlighting the work…

Busy, in a good way, summer for Peres Center for Peace

The Peres Center for Peace “is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organization founded in 1996 by President of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mr. Shimon Peres, with the aim of…