UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, today kicked off a 10-day leadership camp for underprivileged youth from nine countries in Sub–Saharan Africa and the Palestinian Territory. Taking place in Doha, the ‘UNOSDP 2012 Youth Leadership Camp’ serves as a pilot project to empower 30 young participants to deliver sport-based social programmes and invoke greater change in their communities.

The goal of the camp is to further train the 30 young, self-made achievers, all of whom have already made significant contributions in the field of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) through a variety of grassroots projects in their communities.

The initiative is lead by the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP), in close collaboration with the Canadian-based international NGO Right To Play and the Doha-based Aspire Zone Foundation. Nine additional sports organizations (including the International Paralympic Committee, the International Judo, Basketball and Table Tennis Federations, and Liverpool FC), the German development agency, GIZ, and six non-governmental organizations have lent their support to the project by identifying the participants, sending experts to Doha or making in-kind donations.

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