Sport for a Better World

Enter by: Jan 8, 2008 | Voting begins: Feb 18, 2008 | Winners Announced: Mar 3, 2008

Announcing the winners:

Winner	Country
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

Finalists	Country
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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