PeacePlayers – Northern Ireland share the message in English, Somali and Irish from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
What does 6 April mean to you/your organisation?
PeacePlayers – Northern Ireland (PP-NI) is a cross-community charity that uses the game of basketball to unite young people from the Protestant/Unionist/Loyalist and Catholic/Republican/Nationalist communities in Belfast and select surrounding areas. By competing together on integrated teams, children from these historically divided communities can discover common ground and forge new friendships. The contact element of PP – NI’s programmes is further enhanced through age-appropriate community relations and team-building activities that aim to bridge divides, change perceptions, and empower children to impart positive change in their communities. PP-NI’s efforts in Northern Ireland, as it is at all of the PeacePlayers sites around the world, are based on the premise that children who play together can learn to live together.
