www.sportanddev.org
The Platform is a website dedicated entirely to the field of Sport & Development.
The Platform is an online resource and networking tool designed to help you:
Vision: All those with an interest or commitment to using sport as a tool for development work together. They work together to advocate for sport's role in development, to make it credible and more effective.
Mission:The Platform is a hub for sharing knowledge, building good practice, facilitating coordination and fostering partnerships between and within different stakeholders in Sport & Development.
Goals:
Target Groups: The Platform is targeted towards:
For further information and to access a variety of links and resources on sports and development please visit their website: www.sportanddev.org
https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-4052-0-0-0
Be a Leader. Promote Sport. Prevent HIV
One third of the 40 million people living with HIV are under the age of 25, and many are involved in sports, either as spectators or as participants. In 2005, UNAIDS signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Olympic Committee to involve the world of sport more actively in the response to HIV.
The partnership to develop an HIV and AIDS Programme for the Pacific Sports Community has been formed between The Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS)/UNAIDS/The Asia Pacific Leadership Forum (APLF)/The Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation (PIAF)/The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) and The Secretariat of Pacific Community (SPC).
Sport plays an important role in individual, national and global development. At the individual level it can enhance physical and emotional wellbeing, social networks, and self-knowledge. Nationally, sport has the power to contribute to economic and social growth, promote tolerance and improve public health, while globally sport can improve peace, the environment and development. (UNAIDS 2005 International Year of Sport and Physical Education - Concept Brochure.
To find out more about Oceania Sports Training & Outreach Program on HIV visit their website: https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-4052-0-0-0
www.unicef.org/sports/
Sport and play are important to UNICEF because they are vital elements in the health, happiness and well-being of children and young people.
Research shows that participation by young people in structured recreation contributes to their physical and psychosocial development and can teach basic values and life skills - hard work, discipline, teamwork, fairness and respect for others - that shape individuals' behaviour and help them to pursue their goals and respond appropriately to events in their own lives and in those of others. For UNICEF, sport encompasses all forms of physical activity that contribute to physical fitness, mental well-being and social interaction: play, recreation, casual, organized
or competitive sport, and indigineous sports or games.
UNICEF's Sport for Development (S4D) work is grounded in its mission to ensure that every child has the right to recreation and play in a safe and healthy environment - a right founded in Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - as well as the right to sport, which is specifically contained in other international treaties.
It also recognizes sport-based initiatives as a programme strategy to achieve specific development objectives, including, most notably, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). UNICEF uses S4D to help achieve goals in UNICEF's five thematic focus areas: young child survival and development; basic education and gender equality; HIV/AIDS prevention, treatement, care and support; child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse; and policy advocacy and partnerships for children's rights.
It can contribute to communication for development and provide psychosocial support in humanitarian emergencies. Finally, S4D can help fight discrimination and the exclusion of marginalized groups, including children with disabilities.
www.righttoplay.com
Right To Play is committed to every child’s right to play. We give children a chance to become constructive participants in society, regardless of gender, disability, ethnicity, social background or religion. Through games and sports, we help create social change in communities affected by war, poverty and disease.
A team of top athletes from more than 40 countries support Right to Play. As role models, these athletes inspire children and raise awareness about Right To Play internationally. Our aim is to engage key decision-makers from the development, sport, business, media and government sectors and further ensure every child benefits from the positive power of sport and play.
Each week, more than 700,000 children take part in regular sport and play activities and a combined total of more than 1 million children attend regular programming and special sports events and festivals. This is made possible by more than 15,000 local Coaches, Teachers and Leaders.
To read Right to Play's publication 'Harnessing the Power of Sport' visit: www.righttoplay.com/International/news-and-media/Pages/HarnessingthePowerofSports.aspx to download the full publication.
Or to find out more information about the organisation visit www.righttoplay.com/International/Pages/Home.aspx for more information about Right to Play.