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Getting into the Game: Understanding the Evidence for Child-focused Sport for Development
Study Details
- Authors
- Nadia Jessop, Cirenia Chavez, Juliana Zapata, Sarah Fuller
- Published
- 2018
- Citation
- Jessop, Nadia, Cirenia Chavez, Juliana Zapata & Sarah Fuller. 2019. Getting into the game: Understanding the evidence for child-focused sport for development. Report summary. Florence, Italy: UNICEF Office of Research. Online, https://www.unicef-irc.org/getting-into-the-game
Sport is a powerful tool for involving all children – including the most marginalized and vulnerable – in group activities from an early age (UNHCR, 2013). For this reason, sport for development (S4D) organizations use sport as an inclusive means of helping children to improve their health; to develop their physical abilities; to develop their social, educational and leadership skills; and of course, to play and have fun.