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Playing for Peace: Bridging Divides Through Basketball

Playing for Peace uses basketball to promote social interaction and leadership development in children from diverse backgrounds, aiming to bridge cultural divides and cultivate healthy communities. Started in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1999 and expanded to South Africa, the program targets over 1800 children through games, coaching clinics, and life skills training to address issues like HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. With a focus on developing young leaders and promoting community service, the initiative has achieved success in tournaments and leadership retreats and plans further expansion. Join the movement to play for peace and create a positive impact beyond sports!

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Playing for Peace: Bridging Divides Through Basketball

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  1. Playing for Peace2004

  2. Playing for Peace • Mission-to use the game of basketball to bring about social interaction and development for children come from diverse communities • Vision- to bridge divides among cultures and to develop leaders with the skills and commitment to improve their communities

  3. History • Belfast, Northern Ireland • 1999 • South Africa • December 2000 • 3 schools and 4 coaches • Children reached • 2000- 30 children • 2001- 100 children • 2004 1800 children

  4. Program Objectives • Bridging divides • Developing leaders • Healthy children

  5. Bridging Divides • Games • Clinics • Tournaments • Retreats • Club league

  6. Developing Leaders • 70 coaches- Agents of change • students between 18-26 • balance between male/females • provincial and South African representatives • training • basketball • life skills • leadership

  7. Healthy Children • HIV/AIDS awareness • Drugs and Alcohol • Social responsibility • building culture of community service

  8. Life Skills • Children’s curriculum • HIV/AIDS • Racism and sexism • Conflict resolution • Drugs and alcohol • Coaches • training • equip coaches with skills for optimal effectiveness • facilitation, HIV, Racism/Sexism, Leadership • Measurement • Dr Steve Collings

  9. Life Skills Cont. • Implementation • weekly sessions • coaching clinics • manuals • practical approach to life skills • Partners

  10. Geographic breakdown • Durban North (white suburb) • 4 schools • Durban city • 10 schools • Morningside • 3 schools • Umlazi (township) • 8 schools • Lamontville (township) • 4 schools • Mbumbulu (rural areas) • 4 schools • Molweni (rural areas) • 4 schools

  11. Achievements • Tournaments • 8 city wide tournaments • City/township games • ongoing matches which foster relationships among children • Leadership retreat • Different leaders identified • team work and leadership skills taught • peer pressure • Court launches

  12. Future Plans • Expansion • areas where strife, poverty and AIDS prevail • Richardsbay, Pietermaritzburg, Portshepstone • city, township ands rural areas • Life skills • HIV/AIDS model • Past participants • coaching • leaders roles in PFP management • working in own communities

  13. Future Plans cont.. • Community involvement • Parent Teacher committee • Club teams • develop a culture of sport

  14. Why playing for peace? • Sport • children activity • sport’s ability to unite people • Agents of change • facilitators • relationship with kids • Life skills • fight HIV/AIDS • social issues • A generation that made a difference • What we do transcends sport, culture

  15. Playing for Peace

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