Homeless World Cup Introduction

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Our class got to hear a Skype presentation of the Homeless World Cup. Check them out at http://www.homelessworldcup.org/.

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Homelessness Facts There are 1 billion homeless people in our world today There are 78 million homeless people in India alone There are 150 million children aged three to 18 years living on the streets today

The Homeless World What?: 

The Homeless World What? The Homeless World Cup uses football to energise homeless people to change their own lives. Throught its 70 national partners, it supports football programmes and grassroot projects around the world. We have projects everywhere! From Kenya to Japan or France and Scotland!

What does a Homeless Person look like?: 

OR What does a Homeless Person look like?

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We want to change opinions and attitudes towards homelessness and find better solutions for the future.

Our annual tournaments: 

Our annual tournaments Every year, we organise the Homeless World Cup tournament. This is a celebration of all the work we do all-year-long. The tournament is always in a different country and next year, for the Mexico 2012 Homeless World Cup we will celebrate our 10 th anniversary! Paris 2011 Rio 2010 Graz 2003

Players: 

Players More than 70% of the players who get involved change their lives for the better: they find jobs, homes, come off drugs or alcohol, make up with their families and friends, etc

How you can help: 

How you can help Join us online here or here Talk about it with your friends and family. Organise a tournament in your school or a screening of Kicking It in your house and raise funds for the Homeless World Cup! Find more ideas in our school booklet - your teacher will have one!