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OVERVIEW Recognizing that sports can transcend difference, Mercy Corps sponsors tournaments, provides seed money for sports clubs and, thanks to a strong partnership with Nike, outfits teams and equips schools and athletic leagues. In these and other ways, Mercy Corps is uniting former combatants on the playing fields and teaching youth important lessons about teamwork, leadership and responsibility.	Kharim led repairs of a dilapidated football field to improve relations among Tajik youth. "I hope football allows them to make friends and learn about teamwork."

Poverty Gives Himself to Others

Poverty Tabaan has risen above his name and become a role model for the youth of southern Sudan.

Commitment to Practice: A Playbook for Practitioners in HIV, Youth and Sport

This paper encourages practitioners to develop plus sport programs that have non-sport, HIV/AIDS-related outcomes as their primary objectives.

Youth returning to southern Sudan are learning about HIV/AIDS through a curriculum of soccer.


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