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PPI Fellow Gunnar Hagstrom Volunteers with Disadvantaged Children in Armenia
View Larger Map From Aug 4-20, PeacePlayers International Fellow Gunnar Hagstrom volunteered at the Our Lady of Armenia summer camp in Tzakhkadzor, Armenia. Gunnar poses with other volunteers at the...
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PPI-CY Introduces Athanasios Souflias as the new Greek-Cypriot Coordinator
Managing Director, Marina, and Fellows, Gunnar and Adam, welcome Athanasios to the office at the H4C. Two weeks ago PPI-CY hired Athanasios Souflias to be its new Greek-Cypriot Coordinator. Athanasios...
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Professional Basketball in Cyprus
Omonia vs Karavnos featuring Jamal (American out of UC Berkeley) shooting the ball, Chan (Czech out of West Virginia) defending, and PPI-CY's Coordinator Athanasios getting ready to rebound With the...
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PPI Travels to Kyrgyzstan to Deliver IREX’s “KICK” Training of Trainers
Taylor, after defeat, posing for a photo with Kyrgyzstan's "King of the Ring" International Champion. This week, PPI Fellow Taylor Brown, who is serving in South Africa, recounts his experience in...
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PPI-CY Holds 2012 Basketball Clinic
On Saturday February 4, PeacePlayers International – Cyprus was proud to partner with the US Embassy’s Micro Access Program to put on a special basketball clinic for 35 Turkish-Cypriot youth. The Micro...
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PPI Fellow Taylor Brown Visits PPI – Cyprus
PPI-CY participants play dribble tag between games while Taylor (standing right) looks on. This week’s blog is written by PPI Fellow Taylor Brown, whohad the opportunity to travel from South Africa to...
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PPI Fellows Exchange: From South Africa to Cyprus
Taylor balances a participant during a Twinning. This week, PPI-CY got a special visitor from Durban, South Africa, PPI Fellow Taylor Brown. It is quite rare that PPI Fellows have an opportunity to...
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PPI Visits the Worldwide Orphans Foundation in Ethiopia
The children of Worldwide Orphans. This past week PeacePlayers Cyprus International Fellow Gunnar Hagstrom traveled to Ethiopia to visit the work of Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO), an organization...
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Gunnar Hagstrom (PPI-CY ’12) Joins PPI Global Headquarters
This September, PeacePlayers International is thrilled to welcome PPI-CY alum Gunnar Hagstrom to the staff at global headquarters in Washington, DC! Gunnar, who just completed two years as an...
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Meet the PeacePlayers-Cyprus Volunteers!
PeacePlayers International—Cyprus (PPI-CY) recently welcomed two new additions to our team for the summer! Onat Ataman and Annita Vaspi are our two young volunteers who will join us twice weekly in the...
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Technical Assistance Program Brings the “PPI Way” to Brazil
PPI’s Gunnar Hagstrom shares PPI methodology with sport for development organizations in Brazil Last week, PeacePlayers International’s (PPI) Gunnar Hagstrom, Organizational Learning Specialist, spent...
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PPI-SPIN: Transforming Lives in Ethiopia
The coaches pose for a photo on the last day of training. For over a decade, PeacePlayers International has used sports to bridge divides, develop leaders and change perceptions in conflict-affected...
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Jump Ball! PPI-SA Training Camp Kicks Off 2014
The beautiful Shongweni Dam and Game Reserve, where the first half of our week-long training camp for coaches and staff will take place. After a nice holiday break and lots of planning sessions in the...
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New Intern on Living Life for Peace at PeacePlayers
Matthew (fourth from right) at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel. In his first blog post, new Communications and Development Intern, Matthew Agar, explains how he aims to live a life in the service...
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Sport Makes Magic in Brazil
Instituto Passe de Mágica Technical Supervisor, Amanda Busch, and PPI Organizational Learning Specialist, Gunnar Hagstrom, hand out gifts during a basketball training in Brazil. This week’s blog is...
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It’s Wedding Season!
This week’s blog was written by Cyprus Fellow Sean Wright about his experience attending his first traditional Cypriot wedding and how much fun he had during it. This past weekend was one of the most...
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