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Nearly 400 entries from the Sport for a Better World collaborative competition have been reviewed and categorized by the various genres of innovation. The entries are further organized by the focus of work then by country and sport. We hope that you will all take this opportunity to make lasting friendships and partnerships with like-minded organizations.

Life Skills

Soccer

    "Sports" Ethic


    Similiarly to how we gain our "work ethic", sports have the ability to provide us the character development of leadership, teamwork, discipline and even help us decipher what is right and wrong that make us become better students, better citizens and simply a well-rounded human beings.

  • Sports program as a delivery model for academic education, improving school attendance and grades.
  • Participating in sports leading to improved life skills and help to socially integrate those who feel marginalized.
  • The sense of determining what is right and wrong transcended sports to impact the governance of a government - organizations are working to establish the sense of democracy and anti-corruption through the participation in sports.


Entry Title

Organization

Name

Country

Sport

Sub-Category

Youth Emancipation through Sport Skill and Development

Kampala School of Excellence

Ntale Daniel

Uganda

Soccer

Activities for idle youth, character development, life choices

Raising Models & Strengthen Peace Through A Sustainable "Sportodrama" Community Ambassador Football Program For Nigerian Youth

People to People International

Rahman Mogaji

Nigeria

Soccer

Activities for idle youth, character development, life choices

Transparency in Sports, Healthy Communities: Corruption's Sudden Death

Transparencia Venezuela

Mercedes De Freitas

Venezuela

Other

Anti-corruption

Fair Competition System

En-Linea

Juan Jose Vidal Noya

Venezuela

Soccer

Anti-corruption

AHIP GIANTS: Promoting Reproductive Health for Young People through Sports

Adolescent Health and Information Projects(AHIP)

Usman Bello Garko

Nigeria

Basketball

Character building, life choices

Sports Generates Enthusiasm and the Sense of Competition, an Essential Driving Force for the Feeling to Live

ASAFE (Association pour le Soutien et l'Appui à la Femme Entrepreneur)

Yitamben Gisele

Cameroon

Soccer

Ethics in Sports


Life-venture camp


Stichting Adventure 'n Beyond Nederland

Doreen Heij

Netherlands

Other


AHIP GIANTS: Promoting Reproductive Health for Young People through Sports

Adolescent Health and Information Projects(AHIP)

Usman Bello Garko

Nigeria

Basketball

Character building, life choices

Harlem RBI: Using Sports as a Youth Development Tool for Inner-City Youth

Harlem RBI

Richard Berlin

United States

Baseball

Character building, social integration

Craque de Bola e de Escola

Instituto Bola Pra Frente

Susana Santos

Brazil

Soccer

Educational Attainment


Sports and the impact on student achievement


Riverview High School - Championship Academy

Suzanne Johnson

United States

Other

Educational Attainment

It's not up to Oprah to save the world--it's up to all of us

Mondesa Youth Opportunities

Rob Myers

Namibia

Tennis

Educational Attainment


Junior Giants


Giants Community Fund

Sue Petersen

United States

Baseball

Educational Attainment


Kick out illiteracy


Futbol for Change

Michael Raskys

United States

Soccer

Educational Attainment


Learning life lessons through sports


Oscar Group

Ashok Rathod

India

Soccer

Educational Attainment


School Project - Sports Action / "Projeto Escola - Ação Esportiva"


Foundation Gol de Letra

Angela Bernardes

Brazil

Other

Educational Attainment


Sports that make you think…


RAAD Enrichment Program/Sports Buddies

James Walton

United States

Other

Educational Attainment


Student Achievement with Football and Education (SAFE)


Society for Historic Investigation & Preservation (SHIP) / Helping Ourselves: Outreach Programs in Sports (HOOPS)

Keitani Graham

Micronesia

Soccer

Educational Attainment


Tennis & Tutoring (TnT)


MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation

Terri Florio

United States

Tennis

Educational Attainment


Soccer for Development


Capital Area Soccer League

Enouce Ndech

Kenya

Soccer

Educational Attainment, anti-drug education, crime prevention


Social Enterprise Activities for a Sustainable PLAY SOCCER Program


PLAY SOCCER

Judy McPherson

United States


Educational Attainment


Safe Sport for Children


Panathlon International

Victor De Donder

Belgium

Other

Ethics in sport


How Triple-Impact Competitors Can Transform the Lives of Youth Athletes (and the Entire World of Sports)


Positive Coaching Alliance

Jim Thompson

Unites States

Other

Ethics in Sports, Character Building


2008 World Scholar-Athlete Games


Institute for International Sport

Dan Doyle

United States

Other

Ethics in Sports


Coach for College: A Program for College Athletes to Help Provide Youth with Access to Quality Higher Education Through Sports


Duke University

Parker Goyer

United States

Tennis

Ethics in Sports


KRAFT Model - a new sport tool that can change the world


Zihler Social Development

Stephan Zihler

Switzerland

Other

Ethics in Sports


National Sportsmanship Day


Institute for International Sport

Michael Payton

United States

Other

Ethics in Sports, Character Building


Our Future Olympians


Stockton Saints Track and Field Club

Alicia Kirton-Loung

United States

Running

Ethics in Sports, Character Building


Youth Soccer School


FC Bonito

Josh Lin

Singapore

Soccer

Life Skills, Social Integration


Get "In the Arena"!


In the Arena

Amory Rowe

United States

Other

Mentorship


The future of the youth is controlled by their life experiences


Hervey Foundation

Rita Hervey

United States

Running

Mentorship


Coaching Corps: Creating Change in Communities


Team-Up for Youth

Monica Santos

United States

Other

Producing Coaches


Jarabacoa Baseball Project


Students International, Domincan Republic

Raul Diaz

Dominican Republic

Baseball

Educational Attainment


Barefoot/SOS Club


Instituto Joaquim Cruz

Ricardo Vidal de Oliveira

Brazil

Running

Social Integration


Social Inclusion through Golf


Associação Golfe Público de Japeri

Victoria Whyte

Brazil

Golf

Social Integration


Barry Steven's EDA3 Basketball Development League


Churchill County Parks & Recreation

Darnell Bolton

United States

Basketball

Social Integration


Brazilian Soccer Formation Center in Senegal


Brazilian Soccer Formation Center in Senegal

Aldonilson Barros Franco

Senegal

Soccer

Social Integration


Dream Football Program


Dream a Dream

Vishal Talreja

India

Soccer

Social Integration


Future young tennists of Brazil


Instituto Sérgio Fróes

Eduardo Oliva

Brazil

Tennis

Social Integration


GAM3 Streetbasketball


GAM3

Anne Kahl

Denmark

Basketball

Social Integration


Integrate to Play, Play to Integrate


Fundación Gente Nueva

Gustavo Gennuso

Argentina

Soccer

Social Integration


KIS Clubs


Kids In Sports, LA

Anthony Giarla

United States

Other

Social Integration


Konza Football Club Wins Tropy on bare feet


Konza Community Development Project

Samuel Musyoka

Kenya

Soccer

Social Integration


Let's recover together our hopes and dreams by playing soccer: An experience to achieve integration, development and citizenship


Club Allianza Lima

Sara Diestro

Peru

Soccer

Social Integration


Street Funk


Street Funk

Daniel Wood

United Kingdom

Soccer

Social Integration


Streetfootball Norway


Streetfootball Norway

Rolf Choi Tenold

Norway

Soccer

Social Integration


Sport as a peaceful force for democracy


Zimbabwe Political Victims Association (ZIPOVA)

Oliver Kubikwa

South Africa

Soccer

Social Integration, Community Building


The Victoria Montessori Peace Children Project (VM Peace Project).


Victoria Montessori School is an Elementary School in Uganda

Linda Achola

Uganda

Other

Social Integration, Community Building


Zina Garrison Academy


Zina Garrison All Court Tennis Academy

Linda Elliott

United States

Tennis

Social Integration, Educational Attainment


Integration and education through golf. Heme Aqui, a school of life.


Heme Aqui Asociación Civil Sin Fines de Lucro

Nora Lelczuk

Argentina

Other

Social Integration


O


Orange Farm Sports Council

James Shabangu

South Africa

Other

Social Integration


South East District Youth Empowerment League, (SEDYEL): Developing a sustainable youth-led sports program for Botswana


South East District Youth Empowerment League (SEDYEL)

Kitso Masi

Botswana

Uganda

Leadership Building


Sports a means to social skill learning for street kids


Bosco Bangalore

Cyriac Adayadiel

India

Cricket

Ethics in Sports


Let them Play: Games for Life


La Giraffa, IFISTS (Indian Federation for Ice Sports and Tobogganing)

Shiva Keshavan

India

Other

Activities for idle youth, Harnessing Talent


Empowering Youth through Inner City Baseball


Play for Life International

Eun Jung Decker

United States

Baseball

Social Integration, Character Building


AIS Kenya Measuring Impact


AIS KENYA

Justine Birichi

Kenya

Soccer

Ethics in Sports, Leadership Training


BBaLLittle Leaders


BBaLL

Joel Moore

United Kingdom

Basketball

Leadership Building


Young people are not passive recipient of services but are social agents of change. 'anything for us without us is against us'


Mt. Elgon Self-Help Community Project

Caleb Wakhungu

Uganda

Soccer

Leadership Building, Youth Support Group, Community Building


PROJETO AMIGOS DA RAQUETE


Amigos da Raquete

Marco Luis Silva

Brazil

Tennis



Underground Fusion


Sports Evolution Ltd.

Daniel Wood

United Kingdom

Soccer

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    Vulnerable Populations

    The universal love for sports helped to include vulnerable groups to participate in the sport while benefitting from other services to help integrate them back into the mainstream and strengthen their position within society.

  • Homeless Children and Adults
  • Street kids
  • Slum Inhabitants
  • Disabled
  • Prison Populations
  • Ex-Gang members, Ex-Convicts


Entry Title

Organization

Name

Country

Sport

Sub-Category


Hope Runs: In-Orphanage Running Programs to Empower HIV/AIDS Orphans


Hope Runs

Lara Vogel and Claire Williams

United States

Running

Orphans


Oasis `Reach For Your Dreams`


Oasis `Reach For Your Dreams`

Clifford Martinus

South Africa

Soccer

Street Kids


SupPORT for CHANGE: Harnessing the power of sport for social change


The Adidem Group

Charles Lane

Australia

Other

Homeless Kids, Street Kids


Soccer for reconciliation and development


Burundian Association for Sport and Culture

Jean-Marie Bizimana

Burundi

Soccer

Orphans


Stars in their Eyes


Stars in their Eyes Foundation

Nicholas Jooste

Netherlands

Soccer

At-Risk Youth, Prison Population


Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse: A Game for Life


Syracuse University

Neal Powless

United States

Other

Marginal Native Population


Realizing Potential in Sport and Life through BlazeSports America


BlazeSports America

Mara Gallic

United States

Other

Disabled


Sports to promote equal rights for people with disabilities


Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA)

Pierre Bataille and Steffi de Jong

Kenya

Other

Disabled


The Global Sports Wheelchair


Motivation Charitable Trust

Jennifer Howitt

United Kingdom

Other

Disabled


Alternative Camp


Alternative Life Association

Ercan Tutal

Turkey

Other

Disabled


Country-ski for two (not two young women) : how the friendship makes discover snow


Tamarico

Myriam Tamagni

Belgium

Other

Diabled


Scuba diving for people with disabilities: Endless possibilities.


Centro Integral de Rehabilitación de Colombia.

Andres Martinez

Colombia

Other

Disabled


Cricket for Building lives, Changing mind sets.


Score Foundation

George Abraham

India

Cricket

Disability


Tennis for the blind & visually impaired


Japanese Tennis Association for the Blind and Visually impaired

Ayako Matsui

Japan

Tennis

Disabled


Rehabilitating Blinds through Sports


Nepal Army / Cricket Association of the Blind, Nepal

Pawan Ghimire

Nepal

Cricket

Disabled


ESCUELAS DE DEPORTE ADAPTADO PARA PERSONAS DISCAPACITADAS


Club Minusvàlids Horitzó

Josep Abello

Spain

Other

Disabled


So you want to learn to Double Dutch! Whose got the fastest feet?


New York Affiliate of the American Double Dutch League

Cheryl Holt

United States

Other

Disabled


Liberia ground strakers


Mount Olive Apostolic Foundation School

Tamba Fayiah

Liberia

Soccer

Disabled, At-Risk Youth


Inclusive Playgrounds


Inventar Peru

Juan Carlos Aguilar Macizo

Peru

Other

Disabled


Iniciativa Joven por la inclusión: Jugátela por tus Derechos


Iniciativa Latinoamericana

Juan José Meré Rouco

Uruguay

Other

Disabled


The Silver Fund: Promoting Wheelchair Tennis in Developing Countries


International Tennis Federation

Mark Bullock

United Kingdom

Tennis

Disabled


Sustainable Cambodian disabilty sports infrastructure supported through socially responsible corporate sponsorship


Cambodian National Volleyball League (Disabled)

Christopher Minko

Cambodia

Other

Disabled


Lose the Training Wheels!


Lose the Training Wheels: BIKE FIRST PORTLAND

Ann Donaca-Sullivan

United States

Other

Disabled


Tennis for Fun


Tennis for Fun

Laura Stein

United States

Tennis

Disabled


Paralympic Sport making life better


National Paralympic Committee of Zambia

Lango Sinkamba

Zambia

Basketball

Disabled


Sport on Wheel Programme / Orange Farm Sports Council


Orange Farm Sports Council

James Shabangu

South Africa

Other

Disabled


Paralympic School Day


International Paralympic Committee

Bart Schell

Germany

Other

Disabled


EMPOWERMENT AND DIGNIFCATION THROUGH SPORTS OF DISABLED PEOPLE AND WOMEN


Mujeres con DisCapacidad

Martha Heredia

Mexico

Basketball

Disabled


Praças da Paz


Praças da Paz SulAméric

Marcus Góes

Brazil

Soccer

Gangs, Ex-convivts


Musekere Campaign; from the streets to school


Amahoro Great Lakes

Mutesi Gasana

Rwanda

Soccer

Street Kids


A Way Home for the Homeless through Heart Healthy Sports


The Chad Foundation for Athletes and Artists

Arista Burtrum

United States

Soccer

Homeless


Peace with football in Europe


Oltalom Charity Society, Oltalom Sport Association

Andras Rakos

Hungary

Soccer

Homeless


Re-Act


Akademi

Penelope Homer

United Kingdom

Dance

Homeless, At-Risk Youth


Street League... More than a Game!


Street League

Damian Hatton

United Kingdom

Soccer

Homeless, Street Kids


Sports Goods and counterfeiting


Search and Groom Youth for Development Centre

Yomi Kuku

Nigeria

Other

Homeless, Street Kids, Orphans


HOPE AND RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH SPORTS


Amahoro Great Lakes - Burundi

Charles Nkazamyampi

Burundi

Running

Homeless, Street Kids


The Tigers Club Project - Using Soccer to Reach Street Children in Uganda


Retrak

Joan Townsend

Uganda

Soccer

Homeless, Street Kids


City of Sunderland YMCA


City of Sunderland YMCA Foyer

Angela Foster

United Kingdom

Soccer

Homeless


Paignton Panthers - pass it on


Paignton Panthers

Kate Wilson

United Kingdom

Soccer

Homeless, Street Kids


Street Soccer USA


Street Soccer USA

Lawrence Cann

United States

Soccer

Homeless, Street Kids


SOCCER for GOALS of success!


TEAM Fútbol recreativo competitivo

Liana Montecinos

United States

Soccer

Homeless, Street Kids


Karate and mental health; Teaching children with disability and the results are amazing


Colorss

Anand Koti

India

Other

Learning Disabled


Get Up And Groove (GUAG)


East London Dance

Victoria Igbokwe

United Kingdom

Dance

Learning Disabled


Improving reconciliation, coping mechanisms and societal healing to realize stable and sustainable peace


Friends of Orphans

Anywar Ricky Richard

Uganda

Dance

Orphans, Street Kids


Be a Samurai for Peace


Bolivian Ju-Jitsu Association

Theo Roncken

Bolivia

Other

Prison Population


Hope for Change through soccer in South African prisons


Ambassadors in Sport

Timothy Tucker

South Africa

Soccer

Prison Population


Living Yoga


Living Yoga

Leslie Bevan

United States

Other

Prison Population


Over-populated Prisons, re-cycling of crime and the resolve to protect the youth in Ghana


ACRO Ghana

Adu Adjei

Ghana

Soccer

Prison Population


Brazilian Street Basketball League


Slums' Sole Central (CUFA)

Fernanda Borriello

Brazil

Basketball

Slum Inhabitants


Shifting boundaries for Afghani Women and Youth


Right to Play

Michael Bedford

Thailand

Other

Slum Inhabitants, Street Kids


KidSAFE Soccer League: Providing Hope Through Soccer


Project Concern International-Zambia

Luckas Moens

Zambia

Soccer

Street Kids


Magic Bus Sport for Development Programme through Experiential Learning.


Childlink India Foundation

Meena Narayan

India

Soccer

Street Kids, At-Risk youth


Democracy sport - empowering afghan street working children through sport


Global EduSport

Jacob Schouenborg

Denmark

Other

Street Kids, At-Risk Youth


Sports a means to social skill learning for street kids


Bosco, Bangalore

Cyriac Adayadiel

India

Cricket

Street Kids, Orphans


Youth Inspired Initiatives in Lao PDR


Friends International

Sebastien Marot

Cambodia

Soccer

Street Kids


From Brazil to USA & Back: contemporary Capoeira dance exchange provides schooling for disadvantaged youth in Salvador


Cultural Awareness Foundation

Almiro Aquilino

United States

Dance

At-Risk Youth

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    Health Education

    The ability to attract a wide range of individuals have made it a key delivery mechanism for health messages. Many participate and multitudes spectate making sporting programs and sporting events a natural avenue to educate the public about some of the most daunting health issues of the day.

  • HIV/AIDS Education and Awareness
  • Malaria Education and Awareness
  • Anti-drug Education
  • Reproductive Health Education
  • Anti-Obesity Education


Entry Title

Organization

Name

Country

Sport

Sub-Category


Grassroot Soccer: Using the Power of Soccer in the Fight Against AIDS


Grassroot Soccer, Inc.

Thomas Clark

South Africa

Soccer

AIDS Education


Sport For Social Change


Africa Youth Ministries Uganda

Albert Kunihira

Uganda

Other

AIDS/HIV Education Awareness


Sport For All Social Franchising - Providing a sustainable alternate aftercare using sport as an enabler.


Sport For All Franchising

Trevor Locker

South Africa

Other

AIDS/HIV Education


Hope Runs: In-Orphanage Running Programs to Empower HIV/AIDS Orphans


Hope Runs

Lara Vogel and Claire Williams

United States

Running

AIDS/HIV Education, AIDS Orphans


Craques (Aces) Versus Crack


MH2O do Brasil

Johnson Sales

Brazil

Other

Anti-drug Education


I do well in school and in soccer


Real Futebol Mirim

Maria Aparecida da Silva

Brazil

Soccer

Anti-drug Education


Sports Alliance of Malawi, Inc. Motto: Service, Sports, Strength


Sports Alliance of Malawi

Ruth Obuko

United States

Soccer

Anti-drug


Cognitive Healthy Exergame Social Sports


Pantometrics, Ltd

Mark Martens

United States

Other

Anti-Obesity Education


Scouting Steam


W. D. Boyce Council, Boy Scouts of America

Suzan Severson

United States

Running

Anti-Obesity Education


Dont Judge me on my 'bling' let me make a difference .... wanna dance?


The Urban Krew (Part of The Latin & Urban Dance Company)

Akile Alexander

United Kingdom

Dance

Anti-Obesity Education


Urban Bicycling - Presidio Community YMCA's Bike Program


Presidio Community YMCA

Jenna Lee

United States

Other

Anti-Obesity Education


Raising Models & Strengthen Peace Through A Sustainable "Sportodrama" Community Ambassador Football Program For Nigerian Youth


PEOPLE TO PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL - NIGERIA

Rahman Mogaji

Nigeria

Soccer

AIDS/HIV Education


The Township Baseball Academy


Township Baseball Academy

Robert Rosenbaum

South Africa

Baseball

Anti-Drug and AIDS/HIV Education


Rowing club: the way to success for disadvantaged township youth


Nelson Mandela Township Rowing Club

Jan Blom

South Africa

Other

HV/AIDS Education


Jumping for Sisterhood! Double Dutch Competition


Sisterhood Agenda, Inc.

Angela Coleman

United States

Other

Anti-Obesity Education


EDU-SPORT PROGRAM ON PREVENTION OF RH, HIV/AIDS, DRUG, ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL-YOUTH IN IRINGA/TANZANIA


Iringa Development of Youth, Disabled and Children Care (IDYDC)

Fortunatus Fungatwende

Tanzania

Other

HIV/AIDS Education


Goals for Girls: Connecting girls through the game of soccer


DC Soccer

Ian Oliver

United States

Soccer

HIV/AIDS Education


Eagles Eye Mobile: Using the power of a football team to help children see.


Eagles Youth Partnership

Rajiv Lajmi

United States

Other

Health Care Provision


Game On! Youth Sports


International Alliance For Youth (Sports Asia Pacific)

Chiranjeep Das

India

Other

Health Education, Healthy Living Education


Martial Arts Defeat Diabetes Community Action Project


Defeat Diabetes Foundation

Dawn Swidorski

United States

Other

Diabetes Education and Awareness


The Soccer and Storytelling Program


Soccer Without Borders

Ben Gucciardi

United States

Other

Healthy Living Lessons


Rackets Making Racket: Raising Awareness about Diabetes through tennis


Black Women in Sport Foundation

Joyce Olushola

United States