PPI-CY kids go to professional games
Guard Jackson out of Warner Pacific College at the Etha vs. Apollon game This week March Madness continues, and in Cyprus PeacePlayers has been celebrating by taking kids to their first professional...
View ArticlePPI-CY Gives Presentation to Graduate Students from Manchester University
PPI-CY Fellow Adam Hirsch shows the group from Manchester University the different areas of Cyprus where PPI-CY has basketball teams This week PPI-CY got a special visit from a group of 20...
View Article2 Twinnings, 2 Times The Fun
PPI - Cyprus continues to hold its Twinnings for teams at the historic Ledra Palace. This past Saturday PPI-CY held not one but TWO twinnings at Ledra Palace. The day started off with the girls teams...
View ArticlePPI-CY Unveils Its New Measurement and Evaluation System
How do you quantify the impact of PeacePlayers? Anyone who has the opportunity to witness a PeacePlayers-Cyprus twinning or tournament sees the obvious impact it is making on the ground. But often...
View ArticleIntroducing Fellow Henry Louis
New Fellow Henry with the English School of Kyrenia Team. PPI-CY is excited to welcome new Fellow Henry Louis to Cyprus. Henry recently graduated from Tufts University (go Jumbos!) with a BA in History...
View ArticlePPI-CY Holds Final Twinning of the Year
The group made up of Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot children celebrate the Twinning at Ledra Palace. Last Saturday PeacePlayers-Cyprus held a special celebration at Ledra Palace while holding the last...
View ArticlePPI-CY Holds End of the Year Tournament
140 Cypriot children participated in the End-of-Year Basketball Tournament This past Saturday PPI-CY celebrated the completion of a great year by organizing its End-of-the-Year Basketball Tournament....
View Article800 Days of Friendship
Playing with the Iskele kids (Sevilay is second from left) at the PeaceDay Tournament in 2010 When I board a plane and leave Cyprus tomorrow, I will have been in Cyprus for exactly 800 days. (Yes, I...
View ArticleUmuntu, Umuntu Ngabantu – A Journey from South Africa to the USA
Two weeks ago former coach and PPI success story, Lesego Andrew Goba, stopped by the DC office. For many of us, it was our first opportunity to meet Goba and hear his incredible journey from South...
View ArticleFrom South Africa to Yemen: Andrew Gordon’s Journey with PeacePlayers
Andrew (left) made four trips to Yemen for PeacePlayers International to build a youth sport program for boys and girls “Aside from the midnight gunshots, I never really felt like there was a threat to...
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