Cricket Boards of Bhutan, Uganda, Indonesia, Italy and Peru have been announced as the regional winners in the Cricket 4 Good Social Impact Initiative of the Year category, who have conducted cricket activities for bringing social change or impact development within communities in the ICC regions of Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and East Asia-Pacific.
The awards were announced on International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. All the regional winners will be nominees for the ICC Global awards, which will be declared on 20th April on ICC social media profiles and website. Here are the winners and their initiatives as documented in the official ICC press release.
- In 15 of Bhutan’s cricket communities, players, coordinators, coaches, and office staff volunteered at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and call centers preparing meals, delivering food, and patrolling to ensure people followed protocols to assist with the COVID-19 response effort.
- The Uganda Cricket Association helped those within their network most impacted by COVID-19 including 100 school teachers to provide them food and financial assistance whilst they were unable to work due to the ongoing lockdown.
- Cricket Indonesia’s goal was to promote the healthy messages set out by the Government and ensure that cricket was positioned as a leader in Indonesian society. This was delivered through a webinar series, social media engagement, videos of how to play cricket at home, and the distribution of free masks in the office’s local community.
- Cricket Italy partnered with Treedom to help offset 11,000 kg CO2 emissions produced by the Member’s operations by formally planting 200 trees in Cameroon.
- Peru aimed to inspire movement and connection, whilst promoting the well-being of young people during lockdown. What began as a WhatsApp group for children aged 4-14 to exercise at home, expanded to Zoom classes and an online summer academy for older students, as well as a teacher training course.
