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The Homeless World Cup is an international football tournament, where teams made up entirely of people who are homeless compete. The event is held annually and, as of 2008, is in its sixth year. The Homeless World Cup 2009 is due to be held in Milan, Italy in September 2009. OriginScoring a goal at Homeless World Cup 2007 in Copenhagen, DenmarkIt was at the end of the 2001 International Network of Street Papers Conference in Cape Town, South Africa that Mel Young, co-founder of The Big Issue Scotland, and Harald Schmied, editor of Megaphon, a street paper in Austria, came up with the idea for the Homeless World Cup. Whilst searching for an international language to unite homeless people around the world, they realised one existed. Mel Young, and Harald Schmied decided to make it happen and 18 months later the first tournament took place in Graz, Austria. It was such a success, with an profound and visible impact on the players, never seen before, that they decided to do more. HistoryFrom Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  abc.net.au 190px x 285px | 21.20kB [source page] The organisers of the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne are searching for a Kenyan player who has been missing for a week From Yahoo Image Search: "Homeless World Cup"  news.google.com hecklerspray Even Mexicans are appreciated a little bit more then the homeless . All they do is nag you for money for a cup of coffee or a sandwich. ... and more » news.google.com Electronic Intifada I went instead to visit the homeless . Coming out of a small grouping of tents, with absolutely nothing inside them, no bedding, no food, no water, ... and more » news.google.com Somerville Journal He was also an advocate for local homeless and affordable housing in Somerville. Friend and photographer Karin Rosenthal said it was miraculous how he ... From Google News Search: "Homeless World Cup"  sportstimeblog.com Sports Blog hu, 18 Jun 2009 02:00:21 GM Lawrence CannThe 2009 . Homeless World Cup. is scheduled to kick off on Sept. 6 in Milan, Italy.The Goal blog recently included a posting about the 2009 . Homeless World Cup. , which is scheduled to kick off on Sept. 6 in Milan, Italy. ...  petemccormack.com Pete McCormack ue, 17 Mar 2009 04:54:15 GM Kicking It is a film about thousands of . homeless. soccer football! players from around the . world. competing to represent their country (there s irony in that), and then competing for their country at the . Homeless World Cup. . ...  blog.whoiswho.de Ulrike Reinhard Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:49:00 GM brief chat with Mel Young here is his presentation @ HPV Forum.I have to apologize for th epoor quality (sometimes you have to seek for Mel), but over all it is still worth watching! What an amazing project! The . Homeless World Cup. ! From Google Blog Search: "Homeless World Cup" |
