Help Alex's Kenya Homeless World Cup Team
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Summary
We use football to raise awareness of homelessness & HIV whilst teaching leadership skills and coaching.
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
We work with homelessness in Nairobi offering 200 players football training sessions five days a week, participation in a street league, and national tournament whilst teaching communication and leadership skills, offering coaching certificates, involvement in community activities, education about drugs and HIV & AIDS.
Activities
Regular football training, a street league, a national tournament involving 30 teams to select the Kenya Homeless World Cup team encourages self esteem, morale, drug rehabilitation - 77% of players change significantly.
Funding Information
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
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 will build 7 pitches and set up a national league using football to raise awareness of homelessness and HIV & aids, teach leadership skills, enable drug rehabilitation to change lives.
Project Message
My life started when I started playing football. With not playing football I think I could be dead now. I see the Homeless World Cup as a turning point. . Football means a lot here in our community.
- Alex, Beneficiary born in the slum Mathare
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Mohammed Ahmed
President & Team Co-ordinator
PO BOX 18463 - 00500
Nairobi,
Kenya
254722954700
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Homeless World Cup Foundation
Easter Road Stadium 63 Albion Road
Edinburgh,
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EH7 5QY
United Kingdom
+44 (0)131 652 8190
http://www.homelessworldcup.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Kenya
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 3, 2008
Latest Update from the Field
Kenya Homeless World Cup team
By Mohamed Ahmed - President, September 17, 2008 05:24 PM
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