Help Homeless World Cup change lives in 56 nations

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

There are one billion homeless in our world today. We use football as a trigger to inspire and energise people who are homeless to change their own lives. By this approach the Homeless World Cup creates better opportunities for people who are currently homeless and excluded and reduces homelessness on a global level. 77% of players change their lives regaining self esteem and coming off drugs and alcohol, getting into homes, jobs, training, education and repairing relationships.

Activities

An international football tournament has triggered and supports over 50 national football projects working with homeless people around the world. This improves health, self esteem and provides education and support to change lives.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $864
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $74,136
Total Funding Goal: $75,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

By 2012 we aim to support and fund local grassroots football projects in over 75 nations that will involve between 100,000 and one million homeless people to change their lives. Sport has tremendous power to change lives, to change the world.

Project Message

Homeless people have low self confidence, are isolated, feeling lonely. In a team at the Homeless World Cup they stand proud, they change. Football can be used to tackle the world's biggest problems.
- Mel Young, Founder

Latest Update from the Field

COLIN FARRELL NARRATES ON KICKING IT

By Kat - COLIN FARRELL NARRATES ON KICKING IT, January 22, 2008 05:09 PM

This Saturday, Kicking It, the documentary about the story of the Homeless World Cup, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Narrated by Colin Farrell, the film chronicles the lives of seven players taking a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country at the Cape Town 2006 Homeless World Cup. Najib from war torn Afghanistan; Alex from the slums of Kenya; Damien and Simon from the drug rehab clinics of Dublin, Ireland; Craig from the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina; Jesus from the overflowing public shelters of Madrid, Spain, and Slavan from the shadow culture of the illegal rural immigrants to the big city of St. Petersburg, Russia.

Colin Farrell was up for a chat about his thoughts on the film, homelessness and football. Warm, disarmingly open and honest, with a sincere heart and genuine concern for the players and the global issue of homelessness and an appreciation for the work of the Homeless World Cup. Here's is what he had to say in the article here:
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Colin Farrell narrates on Kicking It

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