Jean-Baptiste Alaize: Overcoming traumas thanks to sport
Jean-Baptiste Alaize, Champion for Peace, Olympian and four-time world champion in the under-23 long jump, was a victim of the Tutsi genocide in 1994. When he was only 3 years old, he witnessed the murder of his mother, seriously injured by machete blows and left for...
Aminata Makou Traore: foster social development in Mali
Aminata Makou Traore is a Taekwondoist and the President of APJS Mali, a partner organization from the Peacemakers Project. While sport remains a « poor relation » in Mali, she describes the actions of APJS to accelerate social development in Mali. « We support the...
Cristian: teaching kids with the power of sport
Cristian Saénz is one of the peace animators of the PeacemakersProject in Colombia, alongside the NGO Cop Colombia International. Cristian has been playing football for as long as he can remember, and his passion for football goes above all else. He said that "we need...
Julieth Alejandra: dedicated to her community through sport
Julieth Alejandra Fuquene Alarcón, peace animator of the Peacemakers Project alongside Cop Colombia International, shared with us her passion for sports and how she wants to support children in her community. She practices taekwondo since the age of 10 and she started...
Clementine Kagarama: transmitting the message of peace through sport
Since December 2021, the #PeacemakersProject is implemented in 4 schools in Rwanda in partnership with AKWOS - the Organization of Kigali Women in Sports. Clementine Kagarama is a teacher and peace animator in Ape Rugunga School, in Kigali.
Thacien Uwagirinshuti: sport to resolve conflicts and live in a peaceful way
Thacien Uwagirinshuti is a teacher at Sainte Famille School, a primary and secondary school located in Kigali, Rwanda. He explains how children’s behavior can change thanks to the peace-through-sport sessions of the Peace and Sport Methodology.
Anjana: empowering girls through football
Anjana is 23 years old and she is a coach involved in the Peacemakers Project at Naandi Foundation. « What I love about my job is that I can bring a smile to the faces of so many Nanhi Kalis (Nanhi Kali is a Hindi language term which means Little Bud/Flower and it...
Bhakiva: football to empower girls and women in India
Bhavika is 32 years old and she is a coach involved in the Peacemakers Project at Naandi Foundation. "When women and other girls see me play, they have so much respect and admiration in their eyes, and the fact that I inspire them in some way is what motivates me the...
Tabassum: football to empower girls in India
Tabassum is 21 years old and she is a coach involved in the Peacemakers Project at Naandi Foundation. « What I like about my job is that I get an opportunity to teach young girls and help develop their personality. When I see how my senior players or other team...
Romanian Olympic Academy celebrating April 6
The #whitecard challenge – Involved over 35 R.O.A. county branches who took part in this campaign. Over 100 photos were sent to R.O.A., and they were promoted on the Facebook pages of ROSC and R.O.A. More than 300 people of various ages were photographed with the...