Help Craig's USA Homeless World Cup Team

Summary

We use soccer as a tool to engage people who are homeless in personal transformation across the US. Through soccer we build relationships of trust that serve as the foundation for positive change.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The disparity of wealth in the US, which has worsened in recent years due to the crack epidemic, breaking apart the traditional family and disrupting education among the poor, has created a growing underclass, increasingly young, that is homeless and excluded. Through inclusion and mentorship street soccer offers them a chance to become part of a team to address drug dependency, find a home, training, a job.

Activities

There is a high demand nationwide for effective solutions to homelessness. By hosting an annual US Cup we can provide thousands of homeless a goal to shoot for. By developing street soccer programs in US cities, we can transform thousands of lives.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,070
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $58,930
Total Funding Goal: $60,000

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

We want to change the face of homeless services nationwide so that sports and other humanizing activities become key tools to ending homelessness.

Project Message

"It it wasn't for soccer and the Homeless World Cup, I'd probably be in jail right now."
- Craig Holley, homeless, program beneficiary

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Lawrence Cann,
Team Organiser
945N. College Street
Charlotte, NC 28206
United States
107049260618
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

Homeless World Cup Foundation
51 Timber Bush
Edinburgh, . EH6 6QH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)131 561 1796
http://www.homelessworldcup.org

Learn more about Homeless World Cup Foundation and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Health.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 09, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 03, 2008.

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