Work

Adaptive

Imagine you have been hidden away for your entire young life because you have a “disability.” Maybe you were "born that way.” Maybe you were hit with shrapnel on your way home from school. Maybe the doctors made a mistake during a routine vaccination that left you paralyzed from the waist down.

This is the case for many of the girls, boys, women and men Sport 4 Peace works with around the world.

With your help, we can continue to work with local Paralympic Committees and community partners to provide these kids and young adults the opportunity to play sports in a safe and supportive environment.

Education

What if you went to school your whole life and never once participated in a physical education class? What if your understanding of physical activity and health was dependent upon what the government told you was ‘appropriate’ based on gender norms and expectations?

Sport 4 Peace works within diverse and complex educational systems to design, implement and evaluate physical education opportunities in countries such as Iraq, the Maldives, and Saudi Arabia.

With your help, we can scale up our efforts and train more local educators to teach a new generation of youth about the importance of daily physical activity, healthy eating, and developing lifelong patterns of behavior for better holistic health.

Humanitarian

How would you feel if you lost everything? Literally. Everything. Your home, your photos, your documents, your clothes….everything. This is the plight of many of the refugees we work with throughout the Middle East, Asia and the U.S.

Sport 4 Peace is using sport to help alleviate some of the suffering and restore a sense of normalcy to youth and young adults living in IDP camps. With your help, we can continue to support local efforts to train coaches, health workers, and volunteers to use sport to promote peace, dignity, and restoration.

Women

Suppose as a little girl you dreamed of being one of the best athletes in your country. Your whole life you considered yourself an “athlete” – a label that represented more than what you do, but rather defined who you are. Then imagine never being able to share not one single sports experience with your dad, brother, uncle, or husband because they were not allowed to watch you play or to even see pictures of your performance. This is the reality for many of the girls and women we coach in a variety of cultural and religious contexts.

With your support, we can continue to co-design and implement physical education programs that promote the psychological, physical and emotional benefits of sports participation in the lives of women and girls.

Consulting

Want to do something similar in your community? Interested in learning more about the X’s and O’s of our philosophy and methodology? We love sharing what we’ve learned over the years and brainstorming with new audiences ways to grow the Sport 4 Peace movement. We consider ourselves an open book, a resource available to anyone who desires to use sport to promote love, healing, peace, and forgiveness. It’s what we do. It’s who we are.