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Steve Grant, Assistant Director of Human Resources at the University of Manchester, seconded to Corridor Manchester, attended training on Friday to meet the team and donate over £1,000 worth of digital camera equipment to the players, given by Corridor Manchester.
Check out the Sun online today (12 Feb 10) and read their feature on the Street Child World Cup!
The M13 football team representing the UK at the Street Child World Cup meet Alistair Darling and take part in a penatly shoot out against England and Arsenal legend, David Seaman, on Downing Street.
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M13 Youth Project has been chosen to represent the UK as the official 'UK Street Child World Cup football team', in Durban, South Africa, 2010. This is great news for our community of Ardwick and Longsight in Manchester.
But that's not all! CBBC's Blue Peter will be following the Team on their journey to South Africa. Blue Peter presenter, Andy Akinwolere, will be mentoring the UK Team, alongside M13 workers and 5 local young coaches. Meet the Team and the Coaches here.
Does Andy have what it takes to mentor the UK Team all the way to South Africa? Watch the start of Andy's journey with the UK Team on Wednesday 10th February, at 4.35pm on BBC One.
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M13 Youth Project will take 9 Ardwick young people (7 boys and 2 girls), aged 14-16 yrs, with three M13 workers, to Durban to work together with street children from eight other countries, to learn about and promote the rights of children through activities which transcend language and cultural barriers.
We are in the process of raising funding and sponsorship for the event and are keen to get both community and corporate people involved. M13 has already raised over one third of the costs needed to get the team to South Africa, in addition to gifts in kind from local organisations and businesses. We are aiming to rasie a further £15,000 to meet the full costs of the project, including travel expenses for 9 young people and three workers, training and preparation costs, venue hire, etc. View our partners and sponsors
When people see us by the streets, they say that we are street boys. But when they see us playing soccer, they say that we are people like them. They are people like us.
Thando, 14, Durban
What will the team do in South Africa?
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When in South Africa, the team will meet and work with young people from South Africa, Brazil, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Ukraine, Tanzania, India, and the Philippines. The focus of the trip will of course be the Street Child Football World Cup competition each afternoon, with the finals at the weekend. In the mornings the UK team will be hosted by a local school, where they will participate in arts workshops leading to an Art Exhibition at Durban Gallery, they will learn about the Rights of the Child, equipping them to participate in the Child Human Rights Conference at the end of their stay, they will have chance to learn about South Africa's history and see a little bit of this amazing country. For more background information, click here.
Although children in the UK clearly do not face the same issues as those living on the streets in the other participating countries, the UK team will go to listen, learn, participate on an equal footing and share their own valuable experiences of life in Ardwick. M13 was invited to provide the team because of our proven track record of working with young people who face significant challenges in UK terms. We have partnered with many young people to help them recognise their own capacities, to speak for themselves and to take action on issues of importance to them. On their return, M13 will continue to support the team to speak up for the rights and welfare of children and young people at home and across the world.
The Street Child World Cup is an Amos Trust initiative (UK charity no 292592)
For more information visit: www.streetchildworldcup.org or email: info@streetchildworldcup.org
The Football Association commends initiatives such as the Street Child World Championships which use the power of football to make a difference to people’s lives.
Lord David Triesman: The Football Association
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