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Sport for a Better World
Enter by: Jan 8, 2008 | Voting begins: Feb 18, 2008 | Winners Announced: Mar 3, 2008

Announcing the winners:

WinnerCountry
Grassroot Soccer: Using the Power of Soccer in the Fight Against AIDS
Grassroot Soccer, Inc.
South Africa
Sports4Kids: Putting the Play Back In School Playgrounds
Sports4Kids
United States
Sports and social transformation via mobile phones
Rede Jovem Project
Brazil
FinalistsCountry
Boxgirls Roadwork: Girls and Women Running the City
Organization:Boxgirls International
Sport:Running
Innovation:The traditional training techniques of amateur boxing paired with urban running to create a bold new experience for girls and women.

Boxgirls International
Kenya
A Running Start Foundation
Organization:A Running Start Foundation
Sport:Running
Innovation:We are one of the first non-profits to utilize the immense running talent in East Africa to improve the lives of youngsters there.

A Running Start Foundation
United States
Alive & Kicking
Organization:Alive & Kicking Kenya
Sport:Soccer
Innovation:Making leather balls in Africa that allow kids to play more sport, create awareness of preventable illnesses and educate kids in the “North.”

Alive & Kicking Kenya
Kenya
PACES: Step Away From Potential Extremism
Organization:PACES
Sport:Soccer
Innovation:Using sports to provide a sanctuary for children; one that gets them off the streets and away from the clutches of potential extremism.

PACES
Palestine
Designers on a Mission - from Dadaab to Kabul to the World??
Organization:Nike
Sport:Other
Innovation:Design culturally appropriate sports apparel for muslim refugee sporting girls that could be made in the community as a livelihood, skill building opportunity.

Nike
Netherlands
Soccer protects public land
Organization:Local Solutions Foundation
Sport:Soccer
Innovation:We are raising funds and sponsoring community soccer as a means of blocking the illegal taking of public open space by predatory development in Ulaanbaatar.

Local Solutions Foundation
Mongolia
Tunaweza (Kiswahili: We Can Do It!): Girls Helping themselves in East Africa
Organization:Moving the Goalposts, in partnership with the Kids League
Sport:Soccer
Innovation:To produce and market sanitary pads using local technology, targeting girls and young women who play, or want to play, sport in East Africa

Moving the Goalposts, in partnership with the Kids League
Kenya
Hope for Change through soccer in South African prisons
Organization:Ambassadors in Sport
Sport:Soccer
Innovation:To develop a soccer academy in a juvenile prison as a catalyst to bring change to young men’s lives physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

Ambassadors in Sport
South Africa
The Tigers Club Project - Using Soccer to Reach Street Children in Uganda
Organization:Retrak
Sport:Soccer
Innovation:RETRAK uses soccer to draw street boys into a comprehensive program that awakens their faith in themselves and gives them hope for the future.

Retrak
Uganda
South East District Youth Empowerment League, (SEDYEL): Developing a sustainable youth-led sports program for Botswana
Organization:South East District Youth Empowerment League (SEDYEL)
Sport:Soccer
Innovation:Using sports to channel the energy and enthusiasm of young people away from the risky behaviors.

South East District Youth Empowerment League (SEDYEL)
Botswana
Sustainable Cambodian disabilty sports infrastructure supported through socially responsible corporate sponsorship
Organization:Cambodian National Volleyball League (Disabled)
Sport:Other
Innovation:Long term, positive social change built around developing a sustainable, corporately sponsored Cambodian national disability sports infrastructure.

Cambodian National Volleyball League (Disabled)
Cambodia
A Ganar/Vencer, using sport for Latin American youth employment
Organization:Partners of the Americas
Sport:Soccer
Innovation:Soccer is an effective tool for teaching employment skills to at-risk boys and girls in Latin America.

Partners of the Americas
United States
National network to develop girls and women football in Kenya
Organization:Moving the Goalposts Kilifi
Sport:Soccer
Innovation:To create a network in Kenya that will move the Kenyan Football Federation to implement national structures in football, especially for girls and young women.

Moving the Goalposts Kilifi
Kenya

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