Play31 Wins Beyond Sport Award

Thursday night in Cape Town, South Africa, Play31 was awarded the prestigious Beyond Sport Award in the category Sport for Conflict Resolution. The winners were selected by a jury consisting of Archbischop Desmond Tutu, former Prime Minister Tony Blair and others.

The prize includes both a monetary reward and a business package consisting of, among other things, consultancy from PWC, which will help Play31 further develop the organization.

Best in the World

Founder of Play31, Jakob Silas Lund, says: “it’s an enormous honor that Beyond Sport—the leading organization in this field—finds us to be the organization that best utilizes sport and conflict resolution globally. We have worked hard, and for very limited resources we have reached thousands of people in Sierra Leone. I’m happy and proud that our work has been recognized. We’ll use this recognition to reach even more people in the coming years.”

Beyond Sport is an organization that promotes, develops and supports the use of sport to create positive social change across the world. Read more here: www.beyondsport.org

Dec 9, 2011; / Blog / No Comments