Photo: Natalie Mollaghan: San Francisco

Welcome to Durban 2010: The Deloitte Street Child World Cup

"Once you see them as children, and you see them doing art, you see them as humans again"(John Wroe, SCWC arts team). Day Five is a rest day from the football at the Street Child World Cup, but today's film explores how the arts is helping to change the way people perceive street children.

As one of the founding members of the SCWC, and a long-term partner of hosts Umthombo Street Children, Nick Turner, co-director of Street Action will be in Durban supporting the event, blogging and tweeting as well as posting a daily three minute film of the highlights from the days events.

Street children from eight countries from around the world will come together to compete in the football competition. The Street Child World Cup will put the issue in the spot light, celebrating street children's potential through football and the arts and finishing with an indaba (conference) where the children themselves will be given a platform to talk about their experiences, rights and ideas.

Street Action is proud to be involved in this exciting and significant event. Nick will be blogging and twittering during the event. You can find out more info at www.streetchildworldcup.org

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Story posted by james on 15th Feb 2010.
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