Sports for Sharing

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Sports For Sharing
Founded2012
FounderDina Buchbinder Auron
TypeNon-profit
FocusFair play, healthy kids, early learning, empathy
Location
  • Washington, D.C.
Websitehttp://www.sports4sharing.org

Sports for Sharing is a civic education program that uses sports and games to form better citizens from childhood.[1] Based on the idea of learning through play and the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals, Sports for Sharing aims to teach children empathy, social awareness and how they can be empowered to create positive change in the world.[2][3] As a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, Sports for Sharing currently operates in 5 D.C. elementary schools.

Origins[edit]

Sports for Sharing is the American launch of the Mexico-based Deportes para-Compartir.[4] Founded in 2007 by Dina Buchbinder Auron as the main program of the AMNU, Deportes para-Compartir has expanded successfully to 26 Mexican states and over 114,000 beneficiaries.[5][6] Derived from the Canadian program, Sport in a Box, founded in 2005 by the United Nations Association in Canada.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "What is S4S? - Sports for Sharing". sports4sharing.org. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03.
  2. ^ http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/08/sports-for-sharing-takes-on-global-issues-92440.html
  3. ^ "United Nations Millennium Development Goals".
  4. ^ "Deportes para compartir | AMNU – Asociación Mexicana de las Naciones Unidas". Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  5. ^ "Forming Global Citizens from Childhood: Deportes para Compartir Takes on the Global Challenges, Locally | ROI Community". Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  6. ^ "Home". amnu.org.mx.
  7. ^ "Sport in a Box | United Nations Association In Canada". unac.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27.