Did you know that April 6 is the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace?

ConnectSport has been working with sportanddev.org, the International Platform on Sport and Development, and the Bond SDP group in London to provide a series of articles aimed at celebrating the day.

In the articles, a variety of international NGOs explain why they use sport in their development work, and how it adds value to what they do.

Here are some of the articles:

‘Supporting children around the world through sport’ –  Unicef UK

‘Development is in our blood – sport makes it flow’ – Laureus

‘Why we do Sport for Development and Peace’ – United Purpose

‘How playing football helped Khansa find her voice and say no to child marriage’ – Right To Play

‘Learning is not a spectator sport’ – Grassroot Soccer

'TeamUp to support children in Uganda' – War Child

Read more about international sport for development at sportanddev.org or follow @sportanddev on Twitter.

Pic credits: Unicef UK / Grassroot Soccer