Hope Sports
This project's parent organization is Hope Sports
It operates in Mexico
It uses Multiple sports
Entered the Sport for Conflict Resolution Award
More about Hope Sports
Hope Sports is devoted to a two-pronged mission: 1) To engage professional athletes in community service, providing them with an opportunity to connect meaningfully to a world beyond their athletic career, and 2) To build homes for low-income families in third world countries. The program joins its two major themes by bringing together teams of active and recently retired professional athletes who provide the manual labor to build homes for the poor. Through their collective efforts, individual athletes and sports teams collaborate on projects that inspire them live with a greater purpose and heart of service.
Showcasing the positive side of sports for the sake of volunteer athletes is an important component of the project.A side benefit of the project is its impact on poor children’s opinions of the world around them. Even for the poorest children, today’s multi-media, image-driven international culture bombards them with messages equating intrinsic human value with material goods. The celebration of fame and wealth typical of our time ostracizes children of deep poverty and divides them from the popular culture of their society.