The Football for Hope Centre Kick-Off took place after the Final Draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, on 5 and 6 December 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. The event celebrated the inauguration of the first Football for Hope Centre, constructed in the community of Khayelitsha. The event also featured a football tournament where the teams had to negotiate their own rules - without referees - to promote communication, understanding and respect. The mixed-gender teams represented organisations from the Football for Hope movement that are using football to effect social change.

The Centre Kick-Off was organised by FIFA and streetfootballworld, along with the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa, the City of Cape Town, the Province of the Western Cape and streetfootballworld network member Grassroot Soccer.

Dec 7: Altus Sport and Team Brazil take home Centre Kick-Off trophies

Dec 5: Opening of first Football for Hope Centre heralds a new dawn for Khayelitsha

Dec 4: Telling stories, sharing lives at the first Football for Hope Centre

Dec 3: Young stars set to shine in Khayelitsha

Nov 20: 15 more days until the Football for Hope Centre Kick-Off!

Oct 8: Khayelitsha welcomes Football for Hope to the neighbourhood

Aug 17: Eight delegations are preparing for the Football for Hope Centre Kick-Off

General announcement of the Football for Hope Centre Kick-Off

Africa
Grassroot Soccer (host)
Altus-Sport-Vuma (South Africa)
Play Soccer (South Africa)
WhizzKids United (South Africa)
Kick4Life (Lesotho)
NawaLife Trust/Special Olympics (Namibia)
Zambia Street Football Network (Breakthrough Sports Academy, Bauleni United Sports Academy and Kalim Sports Council) and Kalusha Bwalya Foundation (Zambia)

South America
EPROCAD / Formação (Brazil)

20 Centres for 2010 is the official campaign of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. The goal of the campaign is to raise 10 million USD to fund the construction of 20 Football for Hope Centres across Africa. Five centres will be located in South Africa and 15 across the rest of the continent. Each will feature a mini-pitch with one-star artificial turf along with classrooms and health care facilities, providing young people a place to play and gather as well as access to counselling, health and educational services.

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In our press section you will find background information on the event, its stakeholders and the football tournament taking place in the Centre right after the inauguration.

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