Eleni is a participant in PeacePlayers International, a Laureus-supported project which encourages Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot boys and girls to play basketball together. She won the drawing competition IWC organizes each year for children and adolescents in the context of the foundation’s projects.
Eleni’s drawing shows girls and boys playing with a ball and is engraved on the case back of the Portofino Automatic Moon Phase 37 Edition “Laureus Sport for Good Foundation”, which is limited to 1500 pieces worldwide. IWC has been a Global Partner of Laureus Sport for Good since 2005.
Tamika Catchings, US sports legend and one of the greatest players in WNBA history, and Eleni Partakki joined forces on the basketball court in order to celebrate Eleni’s win in last year’s IWC drawing contest, themed “Time for Sport”. "Honestly, I never thought my drawing would win", Eleni explained. "I believed that people wouldn’t understand the message behind the drawing and how much it means to me. Sport can play a big part in bringing us all together in Cyprus."
"Many children and teenagers growing up in Cyprus are suffering because of the division of the island", said Georges Kern, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen. "The drawing by Eleni Partakki beautifully captures how sports can build positive relationships and overcome generations of mistrust. The project in which Eleni takes part epitomizes the core values of the Laureus Sports for Good Foundation, and these values are also at the foundation of IWC’s ongoing commitment to improving society”.
