kenya: partnership in action

Kenya: Partnership in Action

• Kenya Homeless Street Soccer Association + Unicef

• Street Soccer Tournament- Peace building post election rioting

• Voluntary HIV and AIDS testing

• 3,000 players, 256 teams, 4 slums, 500,000 spectators

• 120 players selected for a workshop

• 8 players selected for Kenya at Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup

Tournament: 3,000 Players

Workshop: 120 Community Leaders

Reporting Back

“By using street soccer we were able to communicate our main messages directly to the most vulnerable groups in Nairobi. I was deeply moved during the workshop when homeless participants were confessing their lifestyle and what they would change going forward. "

Roselyn Mutemi, unicef Kenya

“This partnership gave us the confidence that we and our activities are being recognized locally… For the first time, we were able to gather thousands of participants who interacted and addressed post-election violence effects within our urban communities.”

Mohamed Ahmed, Kenya Homeless Street Soccer Association

Australia

Government grant 3 million Australian dollars for 30 sites

Zimbabwe

• Coordination - Agencies , associations, NGO’s working together

1

• Space- Use anything, remove bureaucracy

2

• Creativity - Competitions, leagues, involvement

3

• Social enterprise - Potential to create micro enterprises

4

• Leadership- Spent as a tool to unite leadership

5

Key Learning

• Get out of the box1

• Street Soccer Association2

• Grab the moment 3

Scotland as a Leader

• Based in Scotland 1

• 1 million by 20122

• Change the world 3

Homeless World Cup

HWC

JUST DO IT!