Today is International Day of Sport for Development & Peace, a great time to see amazing stories on how Sport is making a huge difference to people's lives around the world

Check the thread to see some of these amazing projects we work with

#IDSDP #April6 #IDSDP2020

@LaureusSport For Good Award Winner has to get a nod!

@SBronxUnited uses soccer to engage immigrant and first-generation youth and to support the broader South Bronx community

Social Focus Areas are Inclusive Society & Education

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https://www.laureus.com/sport-for-good/usa/south-bronx-united

@JasonRobertsFdn set up by @JasonRoberts30 works with disadvantaged young people in Grenada who suffer from homelessness & unemployment, & those with little access to mainstream state structures

Social Focus Area is Employability

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https://www.laureus.com/sport-for-good/grenada/jason-roberts-foundation

@WavesforChange is an award-winning surf therapy and community-building organisation that operates in Cape Town communities that experience high levels of violence and poverty

Social Focus Area is Health & Wellbeing

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https://www.laureus.com/sport-for-good/south-africa/waves-for-change

@ElmanPeaceHRC @IlwadElman in Somalia uses Surf Therapy & is dedicated to promoting & establishing durable solutions to peacemaking & empowering the most marginalised members of the community

Social Focus Area is Peaceful Society

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https://www.laureus.com/sport-for-good/somalia/elman-peace-centre

Many more projects & stories here at http://www.laureus.com/sport-for-good 

Leaders around the world use Sport as a tool to get through everyday challenges including the one we all face right now.

Keep working together, learning & reflect, celebrate on what's achieved so far #IDSDP