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Umthombo prepare for the 2010 Street Child World Cup – report on the BBC
As the 2010 Football World Cup approaches, our South African partner Umthombo Street Children fears that the authorities will continue to round-up children from the streets. Watch this short film from the BBC
click here.
To highlight the concern Umthombo are hosting the first ever Street Child World Cup. Street Action is part of a consortium of UK NGO’s organising this event in partnership with Umthombo. Teams from all over the world, including Brazil and India will compete in a football tournament, but running alongside it will be a conference to look at the issues relating to street children and the lives they live on the streets. For more information about the Street Child World Cup click here.
Story posted by joewalker
on 11th Aug 2009.
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