Company Name – Sport for Social Change Network (SSCN) Southern Africa NPC

 

1. Altus Sport – 1 Representative
2. Children of the Dawn – 3 Representative
3. Special Olympics South Africa - 8 Representative
4. SCORE – 3 Representative
5. Skateistan South Africa – 2 Representative
6. Tidimalong Aftercare Centre – 2 Representative

 

Balamu Community Outreach Program-
Mukono Junior Teams Challenge Gala
 

Balamu Community Outreach Program (BACOP) is an independent and non-profit Community organization based in Uganda. It serves an extensive number of local communities including Kabembe, Kiyunga, and Kyampisi: all in Mukono District – Uganda. BACOP was founded in 2012 with the main purpose of serving the community. The organization brings together groups of community members who are dedicated to improving the livelihood of local communities through education, skill development, and provision of health services.

The organization is using sport as a tool for social change, creating peace and harmony in the community, joy, and happiness, and access to education through sports.
 
Across the communities that BACOP works in it works in Wasswa community and Marte Camps are very vulnerable communities affected by poor hygiene, lack of access to clean water, high poverty rate, and no access to education for the kids, child abuses and bullying and many other challenges however it is even worse in Marte camps.

BACOP participated in the Mukono Junior Teams Challenge Gala on the Easter Monday in which the U11players became Champions of Mukono Region it was Joyful with happiness we have after working hard for some years without winning the competition and most of the time we are being knocked out   on the semi-finals and sometimes the referees were unfair with us but this time we made it. This victory is for all of us friends and sponsors it’s our victory we are all champions we made.

The kid who is our captain (Adriko Geoffrey) won the award of the Most Valuable player you will see his photo stand with a Trophy and his certificate of the Most Valuable player.
Football to the children is all about fun and happiness however participating in the competitions helps the children to understand every hard work there is a reward and more joy.

On Tuesday the U11 participants and coaches’ partied through Marte Camps and the Wasswa Community with their medals and trophy, the parity was done with singing and dancing, from the kids as they share their achievement with the community and the community residences where excited to welcome the champions.
 

 

Peace and Sports-
White Card
 

“SPORT IS AN ANSWER FOR PEACE. RAISE YOUR WHITECARD”: PEACE AND SPORT CELEBRATES THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

UNITE FOR PEACE

For more than 15 years, Peace and Sport has been a force for peace, supported by athletes and Champions for Peace worldwide. The leadership of these athletes brings hope to people and challenges decision-makers. A notable example of this is when Didier Drogba, Vice-President of Peace and Sport, and his teammates launched the ‘Khartoum appeal’ peace process in the Ivory Coast in 2005. Today, Peace and Sport is calling for unity by asking everyone to demonstrate their commitment to dialogue by raising their #WhiteCard, a symbol of peace through sport.

A short time ago at the Beijing Olympics, which now feels like an age, a gesture of sporting fraternity marked the medal ceremony for the freestyle ski jumping event. After winning the first medal for his country, Oleksandr Abramenko from Ukraine gave a long hug to his competitor, Ilia Burov, representative of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team.

This symbolic embrace on the podium went unnoticed by most. A few days later, Russian tanks would cross the border dividing the two countries – war chosen over dialogue.
Since then, sanctions have been imposed in finance, business, and many more areas. In addition, sports institutions worldwide have legitimately added their exclusion measures against this unacceptable violation of international law through an attack on a sovereign State.

Should Abramenko and Burov's hug be relegated to the past? That would be a failing to acknowledge sport's ability to bring people together and bridge gaps. That would be to overlook the fact that sport, with its neutrality, equality, and universality, is an excellent medium for fostering peace and discourse. That would be to overlook the existence of a global community dedicated to peace through sport, which goes beyond dividing boundaries and killing weapons. This group shares common beliefs and believes in the power of "soft diplomacy" and the beneficial impact it can have on society.
 

Many instances of projects in recent years have made it possible to overcome hatred and division and provide remedies in areas affected around the world.

For more information https://www.peace-sport.org/news-2/