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Kraainem football club is located just outside Brussels. Last year, the club decided to take action in the refugee crisis, believing in the power of football for social cohesion. The club’s officials contacted the Belgian federal agency for the reception of refugees and developed a programme to welcome unaccompanied minors to their training, offering French classes and a meal as well. The initiative was very well received and the club welcomed 350 young boys over the course of the year.
AID PLANS
The club is requesting funding to support the continuation of its pilot initiative to use football to support 700 unaccompanied minors aged 13 to 18. The youngsters will be offered the opportunity to participate in the club’s training sessions and take French language classes taught by local volunteers. In addition, they will receive training equipment and a meal.
To develop this project, the club wishes to lobby for their approach to be used by other clubs as well, and for its recognition as a leading example of the integration of refugees through football.
BENEFICIARIES
700 accompanied minors.
LINK
www.kraainemfootball.be
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Organisation Earth is a Greek non-profit, non-governmental organisation founded in 2010. Its mission is the development of the concept of environmental and social intelligence, by providing experiential, non-formal education for sustainable development for all ages, introducing key sustainability issues into everyday life, primarily through learning activities.
Education for sustainable development promotes knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a better future for society as a whole, using methods that motivate and empower the learners to change their behaviour and take action for a new economic model that takes into account the social and environmental impact.
AID PLANS
Organisation Earth is using the funding from the UEFA Foundation for Children as an incentive to introduce football activities into their work.
The organisation has a large amount of experience in working in refugee camps in Greece, providing services and opportunities to refugees that go beyond providing accommodation and food, but foster critical thinking and the ability to take informed decisions.
The organisation plans to provide a football field and activities to 100 young people aged between 10 and 18 who live in the Sounio refugee camp in Athens. The football field will be a safe place in the camp that will help the young people to improve their health and well-being.
BENEFICIARIES
100 children.
LINK
www.organizationearth.org
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Movement on the Ground is a foundation responding to a humanitarian crisis affecting the innocent men, women and children forced from their homes by climate change, poverty and war.
The organisation wants to provide structural support to major transit camps on Lesvos and the Greek mainland in the form of heat, shelter and hot food.
AID PLANS
Movement on the Ground plans to build a football pitch in the refugee camp in Lesvos to introduce football3 activities to help camp residents deal with their traumatic situation.
Movement on the Ground is already working in the camp and therefore has access to the local infrastructure and is in contact with camp officials.
The proposal is part of a bigger vision – a plan to restructure the refugee camp into an open campus with numerous opportunities for long and short-term residents.
BENEFICIARIES
2,500 to 5,000 child refugee.
LINK
www.movementontheground.com
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The tumult and violence of the nineties crippled all aspects of society in the republics of the former Yugoslavia, and the region’s young people continue to be affected by their countries’ recent past. In 2005, Football Friends was created to help this younger generation transform their lives and to help heal the fragmented societies in which they are growing up.
In cooperation with organisations such as the British Council and various town councils, Football Friends facilitates educational initiatives in conjunction with non-formal educational institutions to enhance youth development. The organisation currently runs football programmes across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia which have served more than 4,500 participants since 2005.
AID PLANS
Programmes named ‘With a little help of Football Friends’
- To use football as a vehicle to foster social inclusion and cohesion.
- To target communities with a high proportion of refugees and migrants.
- Core activity: the Football Friends City League, with mixed-gender teams competing on selected weekends and playing in leagues within their cities.
- The highest-ranked teams will be invited for a two-day grand finals tournament.
- Besides football, participants will have a chance to participate in educational activities.
BENEFICIARIES
336 children aged between 14 and 18.
LINK
www.streetfootballworld.org
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Cross Cultures Project Association is a politically independent non-profit organisation that exists for the purpose of promoting peaceful coexistence and social cohesion between people of different cultures and backgrounds. Since 1998 its activities have involved more than 950,000 children, 52,000 parents and 79,000 local volunteers.
AID PLANS
- Seven-day summer camp for 60 young people aged between 16 and 20.
- From those attending, 50% are young internally displaced persons from South Ossetia and Abkhazia and 50% of each group will be young women.
- To foster personal exchange between the internally displaced persons and young people from the host communities.
- To improve the participants’ life skills and give both groups the chance to be trained as youth coaches to volunteer in the Cross Cultures Project Association Open Fun Football Schools during the 2016/17 season.
- 1,200 additional indirect participants (aged 8 to 12) through activities led by project graduates.
BENEFICIARIES
60 young adults aged 16 and over.
LINK
www.ccpa.eu/
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Sport dans la Ville is France’s leading non-profit association serving disadvantaged young people aged 7 to 25, through sports and job-readiness training. Founded in 1998, Sport dans la Ville operates in 26 urban neighbourhoods and has touched the lives of more than 12,000 young people across France.
Through free football and basketball programmes, Sport dans la Ville imparts the values of teamwork, self-confidence and determination, leading young people towards brighter futures. Its programmes are supported by partnerships with local and national governments, corporations, individuals and international exchange partners in the US, the UK, Brazil and India. Its professional skills training and job placement programme is moving young people from unemployment to opportunity.
AID PLANS
Sport dans la Ville plans to integrate 50 refugees into its regular programmes:
- Young refugees will be offered weekly football-based education activities.
- Participants aged 14 and over will have the chance to take part in employability and job training workshops.
BENEFICIARIES
50 children.
LINK
www.sportdanslaville.com
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AMANDLA EduFootball is an international non-profit organisation based in South Africa and Germany. The organisation’s mission is to create safe spaces that bring together the power of football and learning to empower young people and change lives in South Africa’s most impoverished townships. AMANDLA uses football as a medium to attract and engage thousands of vulnerable young people in holistic education programmes.
AID PLANS
The Safe-Hub initiative is a replication in Berlin of an award-winning football-based education programme from South Africa.
- 4,500 young people, primarily refugees and young people with migrant backgrounds, to be involved.
- Activities to teach important life skills to empower young people to deal with their everyday challenges.
- Goal: for young people to become active citizens in their society.
The UEFA Foundation for Children is supporting AMANDLA EduFootball in the planning phase of the Hub they are building in Berlin. – the funding will cover the cost of the development and adaptation of curriculum material and the training of trainers. The programme with the kids will start in 2018.
BENEFICIARIES
90 coaches and 4,500 minors.
LINK
www.edufootball.org/
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RheinFlanke actively supports young people in their personal development to become responsible citizens in society. Their focus is on linking street football activities to educational opportunities. Football activities provide an easy entry point for participants to get involved in the education programmes. The organisation is a social service provider with a mission to create long-term and sustainable social projects for disadvantaged young people, particularly those with migrant backgrounds.
AID PLANS
Football sessions at schools with special welcome classes for refugees in Berlin.
- All sessions will include 50% pupils with refugee backgrounds and 50% local pupils.
- The pupils will be accompanied by a social worker.
- Both groups will be helped to overcome barriers to social interaction.
- There will be a platform for the participants to access further social services.
- A further 700 young people will be reached through six tournaments, which will also include teams from other organisations working with young refugees.
BENEFICIARIES
920 (all minors).
LINK
www.rheinflanke.de/
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Diogenes is the Homeless World Cup national partner in Greece, and has worked with refugees since it was set up in 2010.
In addition to welcoming refugees onto its football programme, Diogenes works with a large network of support from other NGOs and state and local governments to provide them with shelter, assistance with their legal status and access to education, Greek language lessons and medical and legal services.
Most of the refugees it works with come from Afghanistan and Iraq.
AID PLANS
Diogenes manages the Greek homeless team. Half the players are refugees or asylum seekers.
- Five tournaments will be held on a portable pitch in areas across Greece that have large numbers of refugees.
- Funding will also be used to expand the programme to offer regular football training in Thessaloniki.
BENEFICIARIES
720 children and young adults aged 14 and over.
LINK
www.shedia.gr and www.homelessworldcup.org
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The Football Club Social Alliance, established and managed by the Scort Foundation, is a network of European professional football clubs united for social responsibility. Together with local partners, the Alliance clubs train young men and women to become football coaches and social role models. These young coaches are encouraged to apply their newly developed social and sporting skills by getting actively involved in their communities and regularly organising football activities for disadvantaged children. The Football Club Social Alliance’s goal is for these young men and women to act as multipliers, using football as a sustainable tool to promote health and inclusion, convey core values and foster children’s development.
The vision of the Scort Foundation is a world in which all children living in difficult circumstances are able to play sport and are inspired to subsequently develop positive social skills and aspirations. The Football Club Social Alliance inspires and empowers young leaders to act as role models for people in their local communities.
AID PLANS
Young Coach Education Programme for coaches of young internally displaced persons in deprived areas.
- Well-designed and holistic methodology.
- Intensive engagement through a year-long programme, fostering a positive relationship between young internally displaced persons and young people from host communities.
- Reducing tensions in affected communities.
- Strengthening local structures to create a peaceful society.
- Additional indirect young beneficiaries through activities led by graduates of the programme.
BENEFICIARIES
40 young adults.
LINK
www.scort.ch/scort/ and www.scort.ch/
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Champions ohne Grenzen has been carrying out sport and cultural work for several years, leading to the establishment of a culture in Berlin and Brandenburg of welcoming refugees. Champions ohne Grenzen is using football to support refugees in Berlin.
AID PLANS
- Playing football will give refugees the opportunity to get to know their new country and strengthen their self-esteem at the same time.
- Participants will be empowered to navigate their new surroundings, with support regarding the legal aspects of asylum.
- Champions ohne Grenzen advocates the reduction of barriers to refugees entering the club system and educates stakeholders in sport and politics about the challenges that refugees face.
BENEFICIARIES
750 children and young adults.
LINK
www.championsohnegrenzen.com
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Based in Spain and the US, Fundación Red Deporte y Cooperación uses the power of sport to empower young people in disadvantaged communities throughout Africa, Latin America and eastern Europe.
Its programmes are focused on leadership, life skills, gender equality, HIV prevention, hygiene, basic health education and the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse. The organisation also strives to promote intercultural integration through sport in migrant communities throughout Spain.
AID PLANS
Weekly football training sessions will serve as a tool to incentivise young refugees and local marginalised groups with migrant backgrounds, such as Romani youngsters, to go to school and improve their academic performance.
With ten years of experience in the field of development through sport, Fundación Red Deporte y Cooperación can bring valuable expertise and networking capabilities to the streetfootballworld network, and will also promote the network’s vision in Spain.
BENEFICIARIES
1,200 children and young adults.
LINK
www.streetfootballworld.org
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Oltalom Sport Association (OSA) was founded by a group of individuals and civil organisations in 2005. Its goal is to use sport as a tool to improve the self-esteem of disadvantaged people and promote a healthy lifestyle. Since 2006 it has regularly participated in international tournaments and spread the message to its players that they are special.
OSA’s mission is to use the power of football to motivate young people to study and have a goal in life, and to use the love of football to bring together a wide range of different social groups.
OSA believes that fair play in sport can help to fight racism and increase social tolerance and that playing football helps people to be able to work in a team and experience the power of being part of a team. Using all the social skills learned at the training sessions, they can provide for themselves, be useful members of society and have a better life. Participating in an international tournament makes them believe that hard work pays off, and that dreams can come true. OSA helps to change society by reducing racism and increasing tolerance.
AID PLANS
- Weekly training sessions specifically for refugees and migrants in the vicinity of refugee shelters, using a portable pitch.
- Tournaments and a football camp to foster interaction between Hungarians and refugees and to facilitate the process of integration.
BENEFICIARIES
560 children and young adults, of which 160 are refugees.
LINK
www.utcaifoci.hu
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In 2011, more than 50,000 children and young people were active on a weekly basis in projects supported by the Johan Cruyff Foundation. With a special emphasis on areas such as health, personal values, integration, respect and cooperation, the Johan Cruyff Foundation aims to improve the welfare of children and young people by offering them the opportunity to participate in sporting activities.
The Johan Cruyff Foundation has so far built more than 180 Cruyff Courts – playgrounds that provide safe places for children and young people to play – in communities all over the world. Particular attention is given to children from impoverished backgrounds and to those with physical disabilities, with the ultimate aim being to encourage them to play an active role in their neighbourhood and to invest in their personal development.
The Johan Cruyff Foundation hopes to strengthen its existing projects in different countries by building on the knowledge and experience of members of the streetfootballworld network. The foundation would also like to use its influence on decision makers to promote streetfootballworld and to support the network’s goals.
AID PLANS
Interesting multiplier-effect project:
- In six refugee shelters, 15 certified coaches will be trained to educate ten young refugees on how to organise football tournaments in their camps.
- The main objective of these tournaments will be to actively involve young refugees living in the camp, to give them concrete responsibilities, to help them discover new talents, to increase their self-confidence and to teach them new skills.
BENEFICIARIES
1,800 children and young adults.
LINK
www.cruyff-foundation.org
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A.S.D. Balon Mundial Onlus is a non-profit organisation with core expertise in refugee work and was founded in 2012. Its main objective is to prevent and tackle any kind of discrimination or racism, using sport as a vehicle for education to challenge social exclusion. The target groups are young people and migrants living in Turin. All projects run by the organisation promote sport as a tool for social inclusion and fair play, the role of rules and peaceful conflict resolution. The organisation also aims to facilitate reintegration into learning or working life, developing transversal competences useful both in and off the pitch.
AID PLANS
- To arrange intercultural football tournaments for refugees and migrants in Turin.
- To enable migrant communities to serve as a social network for newly arrived migrants and refugees.
- To run football coaching courses to promote the importance of fair play and respect and to run workshops on cultural habits and the legal system in Italy.
BENEFICIARIES
2,200 children
LINK
www.balonmundial.it
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Their vision: All young people should have equal opportunities to develop their personal and professional potential.
Their mission: To support young people in developing the skills and capacities they need to create a positive life plan by using the KICKFAIR educational approach.
What they do nationally: Teach personal skills, strengthen individual capacities, promote personal development, create long-term perspectives and develop further community engagement. KICKFAIR developed a holistic and comprehensive educational programme to give young people who lack opportunities and are at risk of social exclusion the chance to become active (co-) creators of their personal and professional futures.
What they do internationally: Convey global values and skills, promote transnational learning, facilitate cooperation and mutual learning and promote the experience of diversity as a strength. KICKFAIR works with recognised international partner organisations to give participating young people the opportunity to network internationally and to learn from one another.
AID PLANS
KICKFAIR wants to initiate pilot projects in two schools in Germany that provide welcome classes for refugees. Since these classes are mostly separate from regular classes, KICKFAIR wants to arrange football training sessions and a football tournament for both refugees and existing pupils using the football3 playing method. In addition, selected pupils from both the regular classes and the welcome classes will participate in workshops on cultural understanding and become ambassadors for their school and for integration.
BENEFICIARIES
1,620 children
LINK
www.kickfair.org/
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