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Congratulations to all the winners of the Beyond Sport Awards 2011 listed below which were selected from over 400 entries from more than 115 countries.

The winning initiatives were unveiled during the Beyond Sport Summit 2011 which took place at the Crystal Towers Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa on 5-8th December 2011.

In the case of the Beyond Sport Community Awards, the winners will each receive funding and a substantial business package of technical support to help them grow and become sustainable.

The winners were chosen from the Awards Shortlist detailed below with representatives from each of the shortlisted projects flown to Cape Town South Africa, for the three days of the Summit.

Beyond Sport Community Awards

Best New Project

WINNER

Project Air Rwanda
Shortlisted Project Host Nation Contact/
Blog
Bidna Capoeira West Bank/United Kingdom Contact Blog (9)
Coach Across America United States Contact Blog (0)
Dance 4 Peace United States Contact Blog (43)
Love sports! No racism, no violence! Romania Contact Blog (5)
Project Air Rwanda Rwanda Contact Blog (0)

Sport for Social Inclusion AwardBarclays

WINNER

Umthombo Surf Stars
Shortlisted Project Host Nation Contact/
Blog
Able in Sport. Able in Life. The Netherlands Contact Blog (0)
Goal of Life Redux India Contact Blog (0)
Hope Academy Drakenstein South Africa Contact Blog (7)
Street Football United Kingdom Contact Blog (0)
Umthombo Surf Stars South Africa Contact Blog (4)

UNICEF Sport for Education Award - supported by PwCUnicef

WINNER

Move 4 New Horizons
Shortlisted Project Host Nation Contact/
Blog
AMANDLA Ku Lutsha (a project of AMAN… South Africa Contact Blog (0)
Harlem RBI Summer and After-School P… United States Contact Blog (9)
Move 4 New Horizons Nepal Contact Blog (5)
Skateistan Afghanistan Contact Blog (2)

Sport for Conflict Resolution Award

WINNER

Play31
Shortlisted Project Host Nation Contact/
Blog
Play31 Sierra Leone Contact Blog (3)
Reconstruction of social fabric in B… Burundi Contact Blog (0)
Skateistan Afghanistan Contact Blog (1)

Sport for Health Award

WINNER

Football for Hope
Shortlisted Project Host Nation Contact/
Blog
Extra Time United Kingdom Contact Blog (0)
Football for Hope Rwanda Contact Blog (2)
Grassroot Soccer South Africa Contact Blog (2)

Sport for the Environment Award

Sport for the Environment Award

WINNER

NHL Green
Shortlisted Project Host Nation Contact/
Blog
Chicago Youth Boxing Club: H2O for M… United States Contact Blog (0)
NHL Green United States and Canada Contact Blog (1)
THE BLUE PROJECT, including THE BLUE… United Kingdom Contact Blog (1)

Corporate and Federation Awards

Sport Team of the Year supported by StubHubStubHub

WINNER

The Philadelphia Eagles Football Club
Shortlisted Project Host Nation Contact/
Blog
Eagles Eye Mobile Program, Eagles Bo… United States Contact Blog (33)
Enterprise City United Kingdom Contact Blog (7)
Grizzlies TEAM UP Youth Mentoring United States Contact Blog (10)
Tactics 4 Families United Kingdom Contact Blog (1)

Sport Federation or Governing Body of the YearSport Accord

WINNER

Australian Football League
Shortlisted Project Host Nation Contact/
Blog
Flying Boomerangs International Lead… Australia Contact Blog (1)
International Table Tennis Federatio… 210 National Associations worldwide Contact Blog (0)
NHL GREEN United States and Canada Contact Blog (0)

Corporate of The Year Fortune

WINNER

Sony Corporation
Shortlisted Project Host Nation Contact/
Blog
Dream Goal 2010 Japan Contact Blog (2)
Goal United Kingdom Contact Blog (1)
Leaving a Trace in partnership with … Colombia Contact Blog (2)

Innovation through Sport Award

WINNER

Eco Sports Group

Leadership in Sport Award - supported by Heidrick & Struggles

WINNER

Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA)

Judges' Awards

The Judges' Awards reward standout projects nominated by the judging panel that do not necessarily fit into the above categories, but deserve to be honoured for their outstanding work. Further nominees for Judges' Awards will be announced in the coming months, with the winners revealed at the Beyond Sport Summit in Cape Town.

Judges' Awards Nominees
Shortlisted Project Host Nation Contact/
Blog
Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) on their 25th anniversary Kenya Contact Blog (3)
Psycho-Physical Rehabilitation and Social Integration of Mine Victims and Families of Mine Victims Through Water Sports Bosnia and Herzegovina Contact Blog (2)

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