2022 PeacePlayers Impact Report FINAL - Flipbook - Page 18
SEMINAL MOMENTS
Sean Tuohey moves to South Africa to start the first ever
PeacePlayers program. Thibault Manekin joins him a
year later to expand the programming. PeacePlayers
South Africa builds its first basketball court.
2001
SINCE ITS FOUNDING PEACEPLAYERS SOUTH AFRICA HAS
WORKED WITH OVER 50,000 YOUNG PEOPLE
Launch of City-Wide Tournament: Twice a year, primary
and secondary schools, both public (predominantly
black, coloured and Indian) and private (predominately
white), from across KwaZulu-Natal Province come
together to promote gender equity, play basketball,
bridging racial and socioeconomic divides.
2002
16
35 TOURNAMENTS INVOLVING ANYWHERE FROM
500-1000 PARTICIPANTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE
