2022 PeacePlayers Impact Report FINAL - Flipbook - Page 59
The Friendship Games include year-round local
activities and an annual global convening that
brings together some 150 participants, for a week
of basketball, leadership, and cultural exchange
from the Middle East, South Africa, Northern
Ireland, Cyprus and the United States.
The Leadership Academy is an investment in our
alumni’s futures: their interests, their skills – their
careers. In addition to more career opportunities,
they will emerge with the skills and opportunities
to make real and lasting changes for greater peace
and equity where they work and where they live.
The Sport and Peace Innovation Network is a
coalition of organizations that leverage sport as a
tool for social change, empowering young people,
and helping communities overcome cycles of
conflict and alienation. Through the Network,
organizations have the opportunity to share
resources and knowledge with each other across
the globe!
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