by Peace and Sport | Jul 3, 2017 | Watch
“If you want peace you need to prepare for Peace”. Inspired by the motto of the University for peace, the Karamoja Cluster Project (KCP), a cross-border program through sport, was conceived to tackle traditional pastoral and communal violence within the Karamoja...
by Peace and Sport | Jun 26, 2017 | Watch
United Nations World Refugee Day on 20 June has reminded us of the recent wave of immigration to Europe, caused by the wars that currently ravage Iraq and Syria. This has propelled the issue of how to provide humanitarian assistance to refugees without jeopardising...
by Peace and Sport | Jun 19, 2017 | Watch
World Refugee day, marked on June 20, is an occasion to reflect about challenges refugees are facing in their everyday lives and opportunities that could be offered in host countries. This day is also a moment to envisage refugees not merely as victims, but also as a...
by Peace and Sport | Jun 12, 2017 | Watch
The world woke up with devastating news on June 4th: a third major terrorist strike in the UK in three months. That same week, within days, it was reported a pair of terrorist attacks in Tehran and Paris. The horrific level of violence around the world overwhelms me...
by Peace and Sport | May 28, 2017 | Watch
In social contexts with a history of conflict, sport for community development transcends the idea of a healthy alternative to use spare time and becomes a tool to develop skills among the community to respond assertively to social threats. Besides, sports favor...
by Peace and Sport | May 21, 2017 | Watch
As an athlete and an artist, I struggled for years to balance both sport and art in my life. But on my journey to becoming an Olympic athlete and then an Olympic artist, I realized that these two, seemingly different subjects, aren’t different at all, in fact they are...