Global Peace Games

The Global Peace Games for Children and Youth were hosted in Bangalore, in DN Street in Sevanagar. Mr. Manmohan Iyer from New York, a basketball coach and sports journalist who is involved with many initiatives for children (including ours), organised the event.

Samiksha Foundation also took part in the proceedings, and set up a stall at the event, which was run by our trustee, Mrs. Nanjundeswaran, and our founder director, Mrs. Sandhya Sharad.

The Peace Games are an event held across the world. Each set of Games is organised privately, but a report on the Games for the year is published by the United Nations. The Games aim to promote peace and friendship by getting children and youth together to play sports.

First, a few speeches and messages sent from the UN official on Sports and Development and the President of FIFA were delivered. All the participants then took an oath to promote peace in the world.

Teams were made and the youth present played games of cricket, football and hockey. Various side activities such as carroms, card games and basketball shootouts were also set up.

‘Youth’, as in young at heart. The participants in each sport actually ranged from age four to fifty plus. The senior citizens of the street were the enthusiastic audience. They were also given medals for their contributions to the society.

Samiksha Foundation flyers flew. So to speak. Nearly everyone could be seen holding one. Several people signed up to be volunteers.

Students of a local school, as well as the residents of the street and their families, took part in the activities. The Games served their purpose – friendship and fair play had been of the utmost importance, and even teams that lost their matches would celebrate the fact.

The Foundation was happy to have been part of the event, and would like to thank the organizers, the people of DN Street and the volunteers and children who helped out. Special thanks to Archita Narayanan and Thishya Ramesh for all their help.

- Aditya

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