Football for Peace Football Match

With funding from Japanese Embassy in South Sudan in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Rural Development Action Aid Continues to play a major role in struggle to victims of conflict in South Sudan. We are implementing a project entitle : Promote Capacity Strengthening and empowerment for community led inclusive socio-economic interventions geared towards collaborative inter-dependence and peaceful coexistence between communities. This project is being implemented in Jur River County, Western Bahr-el-Ghazel State 20  beneficiaries in following categories; returnees ex-combatants, internally displaced people people with impairment disabilities and Refugees, and in terms of gender specifically women.

In most projects, its very difficult to pass a particular message to the entire community at once, especially the peace message. Through activities such as sports especially football which brings two parties fighting for the something together each with their supporters, the message reaches easily. In football win or loose there is no need for fighting, but this also depends so much on the way the officials handle the football match. In this case the official represent the law, meaning if there is rule of law, justice and fairness in any community, the chances of conflict a very low and rather the chance of always living in peace are higher.