PEACE CLUB's mission

PEACE CLUB trains youth football players, young men and women, boys and girls, in the virtues which build sportsmanship. When practiced off the field that spirit of sportsmanship helps to build community and make peace.

VIDEO: Coaches and Players in Jordan share about their experience with Champions in Life

Our upcoming project will introduce Champions in Life

to coaches from the pan Arab countries...

The youth players who adopt Champions In Life are amazing! When youth, both young men (60%) and young women (40%), joined Eden Academy, the PEACE CLUB “incubator” program in Amman, Jordan, they joined knowing the primary goal of Eden Academy is the emphasis on virtues, as well as learning basic football skills. Virtues training transformed their lives. It provided the building blocks through which the players’ character and the character of the team developed.

Virtues training changes the way the players play, the way they explore teamwork, and the way they see opportunities ahead. Their character is seen during the game while playing football, but is also seen in how the players behave in their families, in their schools, and in their communities. The youth themselves are proof that training in virtues actually works.

And, the behaviour of Champions In Life players and graduates is being noticed! School principals and community leaders speak highly of the transformation they see in the youth. In football matches, the character that the Champions In Life players exhibit in the game has won awards. Jordan has proven to be a special country where the Champions In Life training could take root in the Middle East.

Now PEACE CLUB has carried the vision further introducing the program to coaches from 12 Arab League countries. A partnership has been built with PACES which runs after school programs in Palestine. Every week they reach up to 10,000 boys and girls with the Champions In Life virtues. In 2018 Champions In Life was introduced in Oman. Already in 2019 there have been further programs in Oman, and in October 2019 the Champions In Life workshop was introduced to the Qatar Football Association and 27 of their football coaches. Qatar will be the host country for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

IMPACT

Over the last 15 years the work of PEACE CLUB / Play Football Make Peace has been important.

In 2004-2005 over 175,000 people were introduced to “peace through soccer” in the 35 project countries through TV programs, newspaper articles, radio spots, & word of mouth.

From 2005-2009 over 9,500 youth were taught principles of peace through workshops and tournaments in Canada, Jordan, Spain and Estonia.

2013-2019 PEACE CLUB projects in Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine and Qatar have led to 29,500+ youth players being trained in the Champions In Life virtues and peace education.

The 11 virtues Peace Club participants learn in the Champions in Life training are:

HOPE-COMMITMENT-SELF DISCIPLINE-ENTHUSIASM-RESPECT-COOPERATION-

TRUST- CREATIVITY-INITIATIVE-RESPONSIBILITY-SPORTSMANSHIP

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Robin James Graham

Chief Enthusiasm Officer (CEO) and Founder of PEACE CLUB

What has SPORTSMANSHIP got to do with peace?

Good SPORTSMANSHIP exhibited by players in the game is PEACEMAKING. The character which comes with good "sportsmanship" can then be taken and practiced off the field. The students and graduates of the Champions in Life program internalize the virtues through football and then continue to behave honorably in their communities and, hopefully, throughout their lives!

Play Football Make Peace!

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