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After 10 years of activities in the African Great Lakes region, Peace and Sport has given new dynamics to one of its historic programs. Initially set up in six community centers in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi, the Great Lakes program now...
Figure skating legend and Champion for Peace Surya Bonaly encouraged youngsters to become game changers and maximize the use of sport to tackle discrimination at the One Young World Summit in London. This year the annual Summit convened over 2,000 bright young leaders...
Pictures available here For the fifth consecutive year, the winner of Peace and Sport Documentary Prize was announced at the Sportel Awards, on Tuesday October 22, in Monaco. The jury, made up of Champions for Peace, has chosen to reward Jaime Murciego Tagarro...
Created in 2008, the annual Peace and Sport Awards reward organizations and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to peace, dialogue and social stability in the world through sport. From specific field programs to global initiatives, the winners have...
Boris Herrmann, the offshore sailor and skipper of Team Malizia, has today been announced as the first headline speaker at the 2019 Peace and Sport International Forum, which begins on 11 December in Monte Carlo One, Monaco. Boris Herrmann recently sailed Greta...
Pictures are available here Peace and Sport, the organization which promotes peace using the power of sport under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, reunited Monegasque sports organizations on Tuesday. As part of Peace and Sport 10-year strategic...
On International Day of Peace celebrated on 21 September, Peace and Sport stressed the urgent need to maximize the use of sport for development and peace. Building sustainable peace is at the core of Peace and Sport Mission and activities, as reflected during two...
Peace and Sport - the organization which promotes peace using the power of sport - participates in the 1st edition of the " Biennale of Luanda: Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace" as part of its partnership with UNESCO. The Biennale is co-organized by UNESCO,...
Conflicts, social instability, competition for scarce natural resources and climate change continue to disrupt societies and markets in our deeply inter-connected world. The economic impact of violence was equivalent to over 12% of global GDP, in 2016, according to...
Pictures of the Friendship Games are accessible here. The 10th edition of the Friendship Games toured through the roads of Burundi, stopping off in Gitega, Makamba and Bujumbura. Organized by Peace and Sport in partnership with the Burundi National Olympic Committee,...
Champion for Peace and Olympic gold medallist in the 5000-metre run, Vénuste Niyongabo is committed to giving back to his community by dedicating his time and celebrity to projects which use sport to tackle social issues. He will lead peace-through-sport activities...
Peace and Sport releases its annual report on the organization’s most recent efforts to help vulnerable communities build sustainable peace through sport. This report presents 2018 accomplishments as well as actions that can be done to show that sport can act...