Dear Readers,
Welcome to Issue 87 of the sportanddev e-Newsletter!
“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.” As we celebrate World Health Day 2013, these inspirational words from Mahatma Gandhi are an important reminder of individual change affecting wider social change. High blood pressure is this year’s theme, a major global health issue causing over 9 million deaths per year and affecting one in three adults. The commentaries in this newsletter emphasise that sport and physical activity play a vital role in controlling this ‘silent killer’ and living a healthy lifestyle.
In addition, ChildFund Australia shares how they are using rugby to promote healthy living to girls in Laos. Play the Game shares a gender equality audit of the 2012 London Olympic Games, co-authored by Peter Donnelly and Michele Donnelly, and we bring you the latest opportunities from the S&D sector. Finally, don’t miss the latest articles about the East Africa Community Coach Education System (EACCES) in our new highlighted initiative.
Enjoy your reading,
Stephen Reynard
Project Manager
www.sportanddev.org
News & Upcoming Events
Dates for your diary
Check out some of the most important and inspiring events to take place on the Sport & Development calendar in the coming weeks Read more
Recap of recent events
Including the Muhammad Ali Center Athletes and Social Change Forum and the World Social Forum. Read more
New opportunities
A Sport Sustainability e-Learning course, volunteering in Nicaragua and the 2013 Olympia Summer Praxis Programme at the birthplace of the Olympics. Read more
New job opportunities
Check out the latest job opportunities in Sport & Development. Read more
Latest from the Community
The London 2012 Olympics: A gender equality audit
A report analysing gender equality in sport, using the example of the London 2012 Olympics. Read More
ChildFund Australia uses rugby to promote healthy living to girls in Laos
sportanddev speaks to Chris Mastaglio, country director of ChildFund Laos, about the role of sport as a “high quality, low cost tool” in their development programmes. Read More
Haitians prepare for Sports United funded trip to US BlazeCamp
BlazeSports Haiti hosted a workshop in Port-au-Prince for parents of the 12 Haitian children with physical disabilities who will be travelling to Atlanta for BlazeCamp in May. Read More
Commentary
The magic rope
Scientists have found the missing link to prevent the global scourge of chronic non-communicable diseases affecting the lives of millions of people worldwide – skipping. Read More
Control your blood pressure, control your life
To mark the recent World Health Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) highlighted ways you can prevent and control a silent killer: high blood pressure. Read More
Sports for healthy living
People in developing countries are increasingly realising and accepting that sports are a necessity for health as well as an activity for leisure and entertainment. Read More
Latest from the Platform
East Africa Community Coach Education System
sportanddev launches its newest highlighted initiative with the publication of the second of our articles on EACCES: Practical challenges of coaching in East Africa. Read more
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