Transcript Fight for Peace

Main partners:
Fight for Peace, Rio de Janeiro and
London, IKEA foundation, lottery funded,
ICAP, Petrobras
Key words: education,
martial arts, sport,
underserved communities
Fight for Peace: Boxing and martial
arts combined with education in
communities that suffer from crime
and
more
on:violence
http://roca-rio.com/
Context: Favela Complexo da Maré and Newham, East London
are communities that suffer with levels of poverty, social and
economic exclusion and problems with violence and drug traffic. The
NGO Fight for Peace was created to teach boxing and martial arts
combined with personal development, in order to realise the potential
of young people in those communities.
Case: Fight for Peace is a NGO established in the favela
da Maré in Rio de Janeiro and in Newham, East London. Its
aim is to provide an alternative to the armed violence and
drug trafficking that often formed part of life for the young
residents of those communities.
Collaborative value: Fight for Peace believes that boxing &
martial arts offer a broad appeal and important values to young
people: discipline, respect, self-control, identity, a feeling of belonging
and pride, amongst others. The adrenaline of combat sports also
works in attracting young people to take part, offering life lessons from
the training sessions and in the relationships between the pupils and
the coach. In an approach that sees sport as a tool in the inclusion
and development of young people.
Design role: The design role is to
promote the philosophy of martial arts inside
communities that suffer with violence, in
order to educate youngsters to realise their
potential, so they can find positive
alternatives for their lives.