INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN GAMES GHANA AWARDS $20,000 TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY BASED SPORTS PROJECT IN HONOR OF ITS AWARD WINNERS
Charlotte, NC December 8, 2009 – International Children Games Ghana President Kwaku
Kyei announced that the two recipients of the 2008 International Children Games Ghana
Outstanding Achievement Award have each been acknowledged for their achievements
with grants made in their honor to support community sports development in Ghana and
Togo. This year’s honorees, His Serene Highness Prince Albert 11 of Monaco and His
Royal Highness Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan were presented with their award at
the Peace and Sports Forum in Monaco and Generations for Peace Camp on December 4
and 5 respectively.
Sponsored by Studio 502 in Ghana and the Virginia Global Partnership in the US, the small
grants from International Children Games Ghana commemorate the organization’s
commitment to use sports as a tool for peace and youth development.
In honor of His Royal Highness Prince Albert 11 of Monaco, the Bright Generation
Community Foundation of Kumasi, Ghana will receive a onetime grant of $10,000 to
support their community sports development initiative which seeks to use sports as a tool
to promote peace in the Zongo communities in Kumasi.
The Bridge Association of Togo will also be awarded $10,000 one-time grant in honor of
His Royal Highness Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan to support their participation to the
2009 International children games in Athens, Greece.
This is the maiden International Children Games Ghana Outstanding Achievement Award.
The Awards will be given every year to honor individuals and organizations from around
the world that have dedicated their private wealth or use their personal connection to
make extra ordinary contribution in the field of sports and development and made the
world a better place for all of us. Criteria for selection are based on each honoree
contributions to a field nationally or internationally. Honorees are selected from among
nominations made by sports development grassroots organizations worldwide who have
recognized the impact of their contributions. The selection committee for the 2008 ICG
Outstanding Achievement Award was chaired by Cecilia Pink of the Virginia Global
Partnership in Virginia, and included Kwaku Kyei, President of the International Children
Games Ghana, Patrick Arthur Director of Communication of the International Children
Games Ghana, Harry Ngueneba of Save the Children Sports Trust in Cote D’Ivoire and
Daniel Mulumba Executive Director of Interreligious Peace Games Nigeria.
The International Children Games Ghana as part of our commitment to contribute
extraordinary leaders and achievers committed to promote peace and sports initiatives
decided to institute our awards scheme to recognize leaders who have made significant
contribution in the area of sports and development in our own small way.
We believe that it is not all the time that we have to look unto the Nobel peace prize and
other prestigious institutions and universities to recognize those who have make
extraordinary contribution to make the world a better place but little known organizations
at the grassroots such as the International Children Games Ghana need to stand up and also
make our own contribution in appreciation of the contribution of these achievers whose
works benefit people at the grassroots not the famous institutions who normally bestows
such awards. Rather than the awarding institution been expected to be renowned and
prestigious, these awards will be bestowed by an ‘unknown’grassroot organisation who
will give the awards to the extraordinary achievers who will make the awards to be
prestigious and well known.
The International Children Games Ghana shall present to extra ordinary leaders in the field
of philanthropy, sports, peace and sustainable development who has made extra-ordinary
contribution in the field of sports and development and made the world a better place for
us.
Mr. Patrick Arthur Director of Communication International Children Games Ghana
presenting the award to His Serene Highness Prince Albert 11 of Monaco which was
received on his behalf by Joel Bouzou President of Peace and Sports Forum at the
2008 Peace and Sports Forum in Monaco.
Presentation of the citation which accompanied the awards.