What makes GFP different?
PF: The key difference between GFP and other organisations is the cascading effect. Take our train the trainer programme, for example. It means that you might start off with one person working with children and teach them about sport and peace, but growing to 20 trainers in a year’s time. We are also a very sustainable organisation. We do not dish out money and leave the grass-root projects to be established on their own. We remain involved, always. People do ask me sometimes why I am doing this, as there are so many sports and peace building initiatives out there already. I actually believe we don’t have enough such projects. I think that any project that brings people together and promotes peace, understanding and tolerance is necessary. Especially in this day and age in which you only have to switch on your TV to see all the violence in the world. The global economic turmoil will fuel more violence. Usually, when the going gets tough people tend to blame their problems on everyone e
