Peace & Sport
The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation supports the Monaco-based organisation Peace & Sport, which was founded in 2007 by Modern Pentathlon Olympic Medallist and World Champion Joël Bouzou. Neutral and independent, Peace & Sport uses sport and its values as an instrument for peace. It benefits from the high patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.
“Friendly Football Day” in Cyprus
The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation and Peace & Sport joined forces in March 2019 to organize a bi-communal “Friendly Football Day”, with the support of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).
The aim of the event was to promote dialogue, understanding and friendship through sport.
Peace & Sport President Joël Bouzou, Vice-President and football legend Didier Drogba and Stelios Philanthropic Foundation founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou were present at the “Friendly Football Day”, which was also attended by political leaders from the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. The communities were invited to rally around the positive values of football.
The Family Football Day took place in the bi-communal village of Pyla. In the morning, Didier Drogba and three-time karate world champion Laurence Fischer led peace-through-sport activities for children. Later, Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot football clubs took to the pitch, first playing against each other and then in mixed teams. More than 1000 children, spectators, athletes and officials raised a white card in Pyla stadium as a gesture of inclusion and peace.
Peace & Sport News
Peace and Sport – Dialogue sur la Paix par le Sport (Peace Dialog via Sport)
Tuesday 1st october 2019, Peace and Sport are organising in the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation Hall a special meeting, by invitation only, with sporting actors of Monaco
Read MoreThe Peace and Sport presentation at the Stelios Foundation Hall and the White Card Challenge
Showing the white card for Peace and Sport This evening, in the Stelios Foundation Hall, Stelios and Peace and Sport founder and president Joel Bouzou presented the joint work for...
Read MoreCyprus : Promoting lasting peace between the two communities on the island , through the power of Football in co-operation with Peace & Sport !
The bi-communal football game was organised by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation and the charitable organisation Peace and Sport. Around 1,000 people attended the game. President Anastasiades, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, UNFICYP...
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