Peace Ball Action 2018
For the fourth consecutive year, PlayOnside together our partners Help Without Frontiers arranged the annual Peace Ball Action Tournament, supported and financed by Peace Ball Action – Thailand. (PBA – Thailand)
Peace Ball Action – Thailand, was founded by the former professional football player Daiki Higutchi, who has several seasons behind him in the top divisions in Thailand before he retired this year. Through an extensive network built over a long professional career, PBA has shown the ability to attract donors, donating equipment used both in the Peace Ball Action Tournament, and throughout the year in the regular PlayOnside activities.
We are very grateful for the continuous support of Daiki and Peace Ball Action – Thailand.
This year 16 different migrant learning participated in the two-day event, and the topic of this year’s event was Values through football, hence the name, “World Cup of Values.”
For PlayOnside the timing of the World Cup of values was not coincidental. The following week we kicked of the biggest tournament of the history of PlayOnside, Mingalarbar Mae Sot League 2018/19. From our experience from earlier tournaments, things get a bit too competitive, in big tournaments like this. Therefore the timing of the World Cup of Values was perfect – a friendly and relaxed atmosphere where we mixed boys and girls from different school in the same team.
It is always a pleasure to have PBA visiting. In 2017, we decided to do things a bit differently than previous years.Instead of a big tournament, we held a two-day integration clinic, for teams and schools who are rather new in the PlayOnside program. Daiki also got to see the PlayOnside sport center
He helped financing, and got to visit several schools and learning centers in the area.
We are very grateful for the long-term support Peace Ball Action is great
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