The Football for Hope Movement
The Football for Hope movement is the key element of a strategic alliance, led by FIFA in its capacity as world football's governing body and streetfootballworld as the driving force behind a global network of non-governmental organizations, developing projects on the ground, in which football is the common denominator.
The objective of the Football for Hope movement is to bring together, support, advise and strengthen sustainable social and human development programmes in the areas of peace promotion, children's rights & education, health promotion, anti-discrimination & social integration, and the environment. These programmes must be aimed at children and young people, and use football as an instrument to promote participation and dialog. The aim of Football for Hope is to create a better future through the medium of football.
20 Centres for 2010 : The Official Campaign of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™
Besides being the world’s most popular sports event – or precisely because of it – the FIFA World Cup is a unique communication platform for raising both awareness and funds for worthy social causes.
The world’s focus on Africa, the broad consensus on the need for action towards social change on a global scale and the acknowledgement that football itself is a powerful tool for development create a unique opportunity for the official campaign of the forthcoming FIFA World Cup to use football as its driving force.
The official campaign of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa will carry the name Football for Hope – 20 Centres for 2010. The concept of the campaign is to build 20 Football for Hope Centres in the period 2008-2010 (five in South Africa, 15 in other African countries) that should benefit 20 disadvantaged African communities, providing local organisations, which are Implementing Partners of Football for Hope, with infrastructure in order to expand their successful work.
20 Centres for 2010 - A Challenge
In many parts of the world sporting activities, especially football, are being incorporated into a variety of programmes geared toward helping youth address a broad range of issues affecting their lives. The Football for Hope Movement represents the best of what is being achieved around the world. By emphasizing a "team" approach, these programmes help impart the skills needed by the next generation to overcome the many challenges faced by their countries, from poverty to HIV/AIDS, malnutrition to low educational access.
Architects throughout the African continent are being challenged to develop an anchor within the lives of communities by designing a Football for Hope Centre containing a small-size football pitch with adjacent community youth facility for health and educational purposes. (See programme for more details)
The clients will be selecting which firm(s) they would like to work with and in order to present these fairly and openly we are asking interested parties to participate in a design challenge that is representational of the initiative. You will have approximately 3 weeks to develop a concept design that will be then presented to the clients.
The Challenge
Sample Football for Hope Implementing Partner/Client: Grassroot soccer (GRS)
Client description: GRS was founded by professional football players as a project aimed at mobilising the global football community in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The organization trains local role models (including professional football players) to deliver an interactive, football-themed behaviour development curriculum to young people, who are then empowered as peer educators to teach the community at large what they have learned. GRS runs its flagship projects in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia and partners organizations in several other African countries.
sample video from GRS work in Zambia
End-users: The community centre and the small-size football pitch will serve an average of 250-300 (up to 1000) children and youth and a staff of 10 to 30 persons daily.
Location: A Western Cape township, South Africa
Timeline for Construction: 3 to 4 months
Programme: Competitors are challenged to design a small-size pitch (20m x 40m) with surrounding space for spectators (e.g. seating on elevated ground, etc.) as well as classrooms and media, health, conference and educational facilities that can offer young Africans the chance to further their scholastic and sporting education while providing health and social services. The Football for Hope Centres will be located on the sites of existing Football for Hope Implementing Partners, strengthening their activities in the community in order to improve basic education, prevent diseases and promote health as well as encourage the social integration of minorities and disadvantaged populations.
Design Considerations: Participants are challenged to incorporate the needs of the community and to employ sustainable and/or local building materials and construction methods to realize their design. There is the potential to create shared services to the community at large, including access to water, power and other support services.
The artificial turf for the football pitch will be freighted to the site in two standardized shipping containers and are free to be utilized in the design if the designers chooses.
Points to be taken into consideration in the concept phase: future prospect of these Centers, expanding in terms of capacity and infrastructure, creating a self-sustaining model for the host community group and becoming development hubs for the training of social entrepreneurs.
Space Considerations:
Football pitch (pre-defined size, equipment and look, delivered and installed by Greenfields)
• Size: Length 40 m and Width 20 m
• Surface: artificial turf, green
• Orientation: Preferred orientation of the field is with the goals facing N.N.W. and S.S.E.
• Goal: Placed in the middle of the goal line; Width 3 m between the goalposts; 2 m height (between crossbar and the ground); Goal posts 8 cm; Nets, made of hemp, jute or nylon; Depth of the goal shall be at least 80 cm at the top and 1 m at ground level; Goal placed solid in the ground.
• Boarding: Option between solid boarding or fence boarding. Approximately 1m high.
Community Components
• Classroom/Conference room (capacity:100)
• Basic Health Care Facilities (capacity:100)
• Internet Cafe
• Common Space for larger gatherings
• Office for staff members
• Reception area
Other Components
• Two toilet blocks (boys and girls)
• Rainwater catchment and management system
• Grandstand style seating around pitch (e.g. seating on elevated ground)
• Entrance Area and perimeter fencing
• Parking (for 3-5 vehicles inc. 2 mini-bus/vans)
• Integration in the local landscape requested
• Use of local materials and local community involvement requested
In General
The Centre should be designed in a way that future expansion is possible. The idea is that the basic unit, as described above, develops over the years in regional development hubs/sustainable business.
Construction Budget
Total Construction Budget: USD 85,000
Projected Timeline – 2008
February 21st: Criteria of facilities distributed to interested parties
March 14th: Conceptual Designs due by interested firms
Late March: Preliminary Assessment and Presentations to first 5 Clients.
April: [First 5 Centres] Design workshops on site with client and broader community
May: Construction Documentation
June: Code and Building Permit Approvals
July - September: Construction of first five facilities
July 2008: Development of second five facilities begins (Timeline repeats)
January 2009: Development of third five facilities begins (Timeline repeats)
July 2009: Development of second five facilities begins (Timeline repeats)
June 2010: 2010 FIFA World Cup
Voices from the field
This is not a conceptual idea, but a real initiative with real clients. Here are a few of their voices:
"The construction of a Football for Hope Centre contributes to the promotion of football, culture, education and other social activities in Rwanda and worldwide"
Donatien Nsengimana, Rwanda
" The Football for Hope Centre will provide us the infrastructure we require to work yet more efficiently"
Kirk Friedrich, South Africa
"We are intent that this project will become a reference for all of Africa"
Souadou Diabaté, Mali
"We are honoured, excited and understand the significance of this announcement. We hope that with this Centre we can contribute to social development in Africa through football"
Judy McPherson, Ghana
