The "game changers" activity aims to leverage sports (specifically soccer) as a common language for fostering dialogue and cooperation

This $1,200,000 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, aims to leverage soccer as a common language to foster dialogue, cooperation, and cross-cultural understanding between 350 Palestinian and 350 Israeli youth. The "Game Changers" activity will create shared spaces on the soccer field to teach values of tolerance and coexistence, build cross-cultural knowledge and shared work skills, and strengthen vulnerable communities. This 3-year project, with a start date of September 25, 2024, is being implemented by the non-profit organization Katamon Moadon Ohadim, doing business as Hapoel Katamon, which has a strategic approach of using sports as a platform for community development and conflict management.

The project brings 350 palestinian youth and 350 israeli, using the shared space of the soccer field to teach values of tolerance and coexistence, to build cross-cultural knowledge and shared work skills, and to strengthen vulnerable communities.