By Mariana Andrade This post is part of this blog’s Sport & Development series. It is based on a conversation with Jeff DeCelles, co- founder of Ragball International along with Ian Oliver. Passion for soccer is such a universal sentiment that children all over the world, no matter what their socio-economic condition, will find a way [...]

By Mariana Andrade The Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) was founded in 1987. It now involves over 20,000 youth in programs that link sport to a range of community activities designed to help overcome the hardships of the Mathare slums in Nairobi, where over half a million people live without water, electricity and sanitation.  This article [...]

In the coming weeks (beginning tomorrow), this blog will feature a series of guest posts on sport and development in order to shine a light on NGOs conducting inspiring work in this field.  Sport is one of the greatest tools for development. It is one of the few truly universal languages in the world and [...]