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Peace Ball Project, which was developed based on the voluntariness of Sebahattin DEVECİOĞLU, an academician from Firat University, Sports Sciences Faculty, Elazig, Turkey giving away “Game Balls” as presents to children.
The main purpose of the “Peace Ball Project” is to express that sports have no discrimination of religion, language, or race, emphasize that Olympism and sports are a shared value of mankind, and ensure “ Peace, Friendship and Brotherhood” by sports.
Peace Ball Project works to get game balls to community leaders, people, foundations, the company around the world to help street, disadvantageous, refugee children play
Peace Ball Project is an individual organization that is volunteer-led. 100% of donations go to partners to buy game balls
United Nations Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on November 20th to promote international togetherness, and awareness among children worldwide, and improve children’s welfare.
November 20th is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is also the date in 1989 when the UN General assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Since 1990, Universal Children’s Day also marks the anniversary of the date that the UN General Assembly adopted both the declaration and the convention on children’s rights.
Mothers and fathers, teachers, nurses and doctors, government leaders and civil society activists, religious and community elders, corporate moguls and media professionals as well as young people and children themselves can play an important part in making Universal Children’s Day relevant for their societies, communities, and nations.
Universal Children’s Day offers each of us an inspirational entry point to advocate, promote and celebrate children’s rights, translating into dialogues and actions that will build a better World for Children.
Moreover, within the activities accomplished in the project, an additional campaign will be started to provide sports equipment to male and female children who are interested in sports in the region by creating awareness about “Children’s right to play” and drawing the whole world’s attention and interest to refugees, disadvantageous, streets kids residing poor districts
UNICEF is making effort for reaching 43 million children worldwide. Because many children have the same right to thrive, play, and practice sports.
Articles from “Rights of the Child” which went into effect on 2nd of September 1990 and were signed by 193 countries;
Article 31/1 “States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.”
Article 31/2 “States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity.”
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which contained a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Paragraph 37 of the Agenda states:
Sport has proven to be a cost-effective and flexible tool in promoting peace and development objectives. Since the inception of the MDGs in 2000, the sport has played a vital role in enhancing each of the eight goals, a fact which has been recognized in numerous Resolutions of the General Assembly. In the Declaration of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sport’s role in social progress is further acknowledged:
“Sport is also an important enabler of sustainable development. We recognize the growing contribution of sport to the realization of development and peace in its promotion of tolerance and respect and the contributions it makes to the empowerment of women and young people, individuals, and communities as well as to health, education, and social inclusion objectives.”
Within the framework of The Article 59 of the Turkish Republic’s Constitution, “The State shall take measures to develop the physical and mental health of Turkish citizens of all ages, and encourage the spread of sports among the masses. The state shall protect successful athletes”;
In addition to these articles; Within the “Peace and Sports” understanding, a common goal that was accepted by International Olympic Committee and UN, UNESCO, UNICEF, European Union, Governments, Municipalities, Sports Federations, Universities, and Non-Governmental Organizations is; “to achieve more accessible and sustainable sports on neutral and safe grounds, to provide development in underdeveloped regions, to eradicate poverty and inequality, to contribute to education, to convey sport’s role in education, health, social, cultural and economics to masses by encouraging lifelong sports and healthy life culture”
Please contact us, if you would like to give away a ball as a present to a child or if you have children who need a ball around you.
We are inviting the whole mankind to this meaningful project with the wishes of ending the wars in the world and sustaining the peace
Peace Ball Project Coordinator
“COULD YOU GIVE A GIFT BALL TO THE KIDS
WE BELIEVE THAT SPORTS FOR PEACE; WE CAN PLAY BALL WITH EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE, EVERY TIME…
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A GIFT BALL FOR CHILDREN OR YOU NEED A BALL
PLEASE CONTACT ME
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