THE

-FIFA

(the world cup organizing body)

over 250 million

SOCCER (FOOTBALL)

WORLD’S MOST POPULAR SPORT.

IS ARGUABLY CONSIDERED THE

SOCCER players world wide.

THIS JUNE, BRAZIL WILL HOST THE 2014

WORLD CUP.715.1 million:

the number of people who watched the 2006 fifa world cup finals.

-fifa

staggering.

-bloomberg.com

R$30 billion reais

brazil’s finacial cost to host the world cup:

COST OF HOSTING A WORLD CUP IS THE COST

($14.5 billion usd)

DID YOU KNOW,

THERE IS ANOTHERLESS FAMOUS

WORLDCUP?

-sportsillustrated.com

2010 south african world cup hosted over 3 million attendees.

-international soccer star

david beckham’s 2013 salary.

$5.7 million uSD

PLAYERSTHE

ARE NOT

.

THEY DO NOT LIVE IN

.

THERE ARE NOT

OF SCREAMING FANS.

BUT EACH PLAYER PLAYS FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN MONEY, FAME OR FORTUNE.THEY PLAY FOR A SECOND

CHANCE IN LIFE.

THIS IS THE

THE OTHER WORLD CUP.

TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE HOMELESS THROUGH SOCCER.

ONE GOAL:

THE HOMELESS WORLD CUP IS A SOCCER TOURNAMENT WITH

“HOMELESS WORLD CUP INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER

-DEBORAH BALL

FOOTBALL IS OUR WAY OF ENGAGING WITH AND PUBLICIZING THE PROBLEMS SURROUNDING HOMELESSNESS AROUND THE WORLD.

-UNITED NATIONS COMMISSIONON HUMAN RIGHTS, 2005

AN ESTIMATED 100 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ARE

HOMELESS.

ALL HOMELESS WORLD CUP PLAYERS ARE HOMELESS.

SOME BATTLE ADDICTIONS AND MENTAL ILLNESS.

-national coalition for the homeless

20-25% of single adult homelesspopulation suffers from some form ofsevere and persistent mental illness.

SOME ARE DISPLACED BY WAR, UNEMPLOYMENT, NATURAL DISASTERS, OVERCROWDING... GLOBALLY ESTIMATED, THERE ARE:

-The National Law Centeron Homelessness & poverty

20-40 million urban households that are homeless and as many as 1.3 billion people living in inadequate shelters because they cannot afford to do otherwise.

SHUNNED ANDEVERYDAY THEY ARE

.

David Pirtleformerly homeless

“Most of the despair in being homeless comes from being

treated like you don’t exist,”

BEING PART OF A TEAM GIVESTHE PLAYERS SOMETHING

INCLUSION.MOST NEVER RECEIVE:SOMETHING

EACH PLAYER MUST PRACTICERESPONSIBILITY,good COMMUNICATION,

TRUST, AND TEAMWORK.

THESE SKILLS ARE TRANSFERRED TO DAILY LIFE

CHANGEYOUR LIFE.PROVING YOU CAN

Off the field as well.

WITH OVER 70 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS,THE HOMELESS WORLD CUP ORGANIZATION

PROVIDES ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

PLAYERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVEEDUCATIONAL, HEALTH, LEGAL,

AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.

IT ALSO ALLOWS PARTICIPANTS TO BECOMEmodel ambassadors

TO OTHERS FACING SIMILAR SITUATIONS.

“

-DAVID DUKE

THE HOMELESS WORLD CUP WAS THE ROPE THAT ALLOWED ME TO PULL MYSELF OUT OF A VERY DARK HOLE. IT HELPED ME AND NOW I CAN HELP OTHERS. WHEN HOMELESS PEOPLE SAY TO ME I CAN’T CHANGE, I SAY,

YES YOU CAN.

SO CAN YOU.I DID.

STREET SOCCER scotland FOUNDERFORMER HOMELESS WORLD CUP PLAYER

6 MONTHS AFTER THE COPENHAGEN 2007 HOMELESS WORLD CUP:

-copenhagen 2007homeless world cup:

impact research

*71% HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED THEIR LIFE

*83% HAVE IMPROVED SOCIAL RELATIONS

*32% WENT INTO EDUCATION

*29% HAVE FOUND EMPLOYMENT

*93% HAVE NEW MOTIVATION FOR LIFE

*38% IMPROVED THEIR HOUSING SITUATION

25,000 PLAYERS PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING AND TRIALS FOR THE COPENHAGEN 2007 WORLD CUP FROM WHICH 381 PLAYERS WENT ON TO REPRESENT THEIR COUNTRY.

A SIMPLE GAME

PLAYED WITH

one ballCAN CHANGE LIVES.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE A home oR a Job...

...BUT A BALL CAN TEACH YOU

teamwork.

discipline....A BALL CAN TEACH YOU

YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO MAKE A

...

...ALL BECAUSE OFA

WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY ONLINE FOR FREE:

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CHECK OUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO GET INVOLVED.

WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO?

WWW.HOMELESSWORLDCUP.ORG

HTTP://KICKINGITTHEFILM.COM

WWW.GIRLSKICKIT.ORG

WWW.SLUMSOCCER.ORG

WWW.ONEWORLDFUTBOL.COM

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