Family Fun Day in Belfast includes PPI-NI!
PPI-NI Fellow Shannon Brown teaches kids how to shoot at Stormont Estate's Family Fun Day. PeacePlayers International – Northern Ireland spent their May bank holiday, a day meant for rest and...
View ArticlePPI-NI Rocks the Whiterock Summer Scheme
Rory O'Neil and Whiterock kids strike a pose. The successful Game of Three Halves event on July 6th brought a busy 2010-2011 programme year to a close. All of our primary school twinnings,...
View ArticleSession Four with Glengormley Integrated and Holy Cross Boys’
This week, lead Coach Rory O’Neil writes about the unique twinning of Glengormley Integrated Primary School and Holy Cross Boys’ Primary School. The two P6 classes just completed their fourth session...
View ArticlePPI in London and Chicago
Today’s post comes from PPI’s Technical Assistance Program Director, Brian Cognato. For the past few months, PeacePlayers International (PPI) has been developing a new technical assistance and training...
View ArticlePPI Marches to McFadden’s for its Annual “Party for Peace” in DC
Around 300 PPI supporters in the DC area came together to celebrate PPI's work using basketball to empower children in divided communities. This week’s post is written by Research Assistant William...
View ArticlePPI-NI’s Senior Girls Advanced Leadership Program at Greenhill
The Senior CCL girls complete Arbinger curriculum activities. This past weekend, PeacePlayers International-Northern Ireland (PPI-NI) brought together 11 girls aged 15-16 for an Advanced Leadership...
View ArticlePPI-NI Runs the Belfast City Marathon
On Monday, May 7, staff, local coaches, board members and friends of PeacePlayers International – Northern Ireland ran the Belfast City Marathon in two relay teams. Emma Ringland, Katrina Fitzpatrick,...
View ArticlePPI – Northern Ireland’s Spring Jam 2012
International Fellow Meghan Houlihan pictured with Spring Jam 2012 champions Liberty, coached by Advanced Leadership Programme participant Ashling Hughes This week Project Coordinator Joanne...
View ArticleNew Fellow Megan Lynch (PPI-NI) Takes a Tour of Belfast
As a way of welcoming the newest addition PPI-NI’s team, International Fellow Megan Lynch was taken by fellow Fellow Rory O’Neil and Project Coordinator Joanne Fitzpatrick on a quick tour of North and...
View ArticleFarewell to Coach Rory and Coach Meghan
Since the creation of PeacePlayers’ blog, “From the Field”, American Fellows have used this space to say farewell and reflect on their two-year term of service. It’s a fairly daunting task to attempt...
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