April 2019 THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF STREETFOOTBALLWORLD FOOTBALL: IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW PITCHING HALEY CARTER Common Goal member talks about her experience FOR PEACE with the Afghanistan Women’s National Team and the ability of football to inspire peace FOOTBALL V HOMOPHOBIA MAKING THE SPORT FOOTBALL4GOOD & PHOTOGRAPHY WELCOME TO ALL GOL & PAZ FOOTBALL AND FORCED MIGRATION RESTORING HUMAN RIGHTS THE SECOND HALF IN LATIN AMERICA OF BOJAYÁ A POST-MATCH PLEA FOR PEACE A photographic journey to a healing Colombia DIDIER DROGBA TALKS PEACEBUILDING www.streetfootballworld.org 2 MILLION PEOPLE EMPOWERED. ONE GOAL. CHANGING THE WORLD THROUGH FOOTBALL. FOOTBALL: PITCHING FOR PEACE Every year on 6th April, we celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. Such a celebration can take many shapes: from events, to statements, to campaigns, to social media posts…all honouring the contribution of sport for development and peace. 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Paula Guidugli Elvira González-Vallés 3 IN THIS ISSUE 32 12 In-Depth Interview HALEY CARTER Football4Good & Photography COMMON GOAL MEMBER TALKS ABOUT GOL & PAZ, THE SECOND HER EXPERIENCE WITH THE AFGHANISTAN WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM AND THE ABILITY HALF OF BOJAYÁ OF FOOTBALL TO INSPIRE PEACE A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY TO A HEALING COLOMBIA 40 46 06 Stories From The Field NEWS FROM 50 FROM OPPONENTS THE FIELD FOOTBALL IN MOHAMMAD TO TEAMATES ABU AITA FOOTBALL4GOOD in History FOOTBALL4GOOD EMERGENCY RESPONSE THE PERES CENTER FOR PEACE & INNOVATION IS PS4L, PALESTINE News In Brief IN LATIN AMERICA, THREE FOOTBALL FOR BRINGING PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS ONTO DIDIER DROBA 60 GOOD ORGANISATIONS JOIN FORCES TO TACKLE THE PITCH TO PLAY ON ONE TEAM – FOR PEACE. AND THE IVORIAN ONE OF THE BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISES CIVIL WAR A Message From OF TODAY AND PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR 80 the Field PEOPLE AFFECTED BY FORCED MIGRATION. WE TALK WITH DIDIER DROGBA 62 54 ABOUT HIS CONTINUING ANELANI BUNGANE APPEAL FOR PEACE New Network AMANDLA, SOUTH AFRICA Members 66 MAKING THE SPORT 64 WELCOME TO ALL Club Culture 83 “FOR ME, FOOTBALL IS LIFE” EXPLORING INITIATIVES REDEFINING METHODS 84 TO TACKLE HOMOPHOBIA IN FOOTBALL. THE FOUNDING STORY OF FOOTBALL FOR GOOD ORGANISATION SPIRIT OF SOCCER. 72 Around the World with Football IN COLOMBIA WITH TWO WORLDS OF FOOTBALL, THE THIRD HALF ONE GOAL SARAH FONG, A THIRD HALF TRAVELLER REPORTS ABOUT DISCOVERING COLOMBIA GERMAN FORMER PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER THROUGH THE BEAUTIFUL GAME PETRA LANDERS TRAVELS TO ZAMBIA AND UGANDA TO ADVOCATE FOR GENDER EQUALITY ON AND OFF THE PITCH. 4 5 Football in Emergency Response 2 1 1 SEPROJOVEN COSTA RICA Servicios de Educación y Promoción Juvenil (SEPROJOVEN) works to promote participatory processes 3 in the personal development of boys and girls and support the inclusion of indigenous people and migrants. Hereby, young people are empowered to take ownership and the responsibility within their communities to develop and run their own activities. Implementation Areas 2 FÚTBOL CON CORAZÓN COLOMBIA FCC operates after-school football programmes for children and adolescents with the goal of developing values and life skills, while promoting a culture of peace and non-violence. The programmes allow the young participants to escape the negative influence of their surroundings, while decreasing their vulnerable status. By Elvira González-Vallés 3 FUDELA ECUADOR Forced migration is one of the phenomena most significantly La Fundación de las Américas para el Desarrollo (FUDELA) uses shaping our world today. The political situation of many football-based programmes to help vulnerable young people and prevent situations such as countries in South and Central America, alongside other unemployment, violence, drug use and teenage pregnancy. The factors such as globalisation, organised crime and climate organisation also focuses on social integration, supporting refugees and asylum seekers, as well as host change, are behind one of the most severe humanitarian communities. crises of our time. 6 7 Countless communities of people are primary socialisation and their country of beyond their own communities, countries experiencing vulnerability, poverty, inequality, origin. Secondly, because of the barriers they “In Latin America and and borders. And, of course, they are using and socio-economic instability, which has face to integrate in the country of arrival, football to do so. generated unprecedented negative social both in school and community environments. around the world, the “Football plays a vital role in the lives of effects in the region. Millions of inhabitants But, above all, because of the risks they people who go beyond borders, countries of Latin American countries have fled their confront during their journey – kidnappings, football and the field and institutions. In Latin America and around homes in human migration caravans, in extortion, sexual assault or slavery by the world, the football and the field are search of survival, and better futures for their different armed groups. For example are transformative and transformative and integrating elements, families and communities. in Mexico, the routes are controlled by through which action can be taken to integrating elements, alleviate the emergency situation, provide hope and generate spaces where the right to through which action recreate, to dream, to play can be restored. It is a great opportunity to demonstrate can be taken to alleviate the power of football in the construction of resilience, reinforcement of solidarity and the emergency situation, a tool for inclusion,” says Verónica Escobar from Fudela. provide hope and generate ‘Football in Emergency Response’ uses the pedagogical force of football to support spaces where the right can people affected by forced migration in Latin America and provide a safe space where be returned to recreate, to fundamental human rights, such as play, recreation and integrity, can be restored. It dream, to play.” builds on something as human and basic as “the right to play”, which plays a vital role in post-traumatic stress management, out programmes in Colombia and Panama. psychosocial wellbeing. In addition, football Fútbol con Corazón is one of the three provides an opportunity for people affected organisations implementing “Football in by forced migration to connect and build Forced displacement, due to violence organised criminal groups and drug cartels, Emergency Response”, a regional project to a community as well as engaging with and in the region, is one of the strongest factors or by the bodies of security that are allied to provide relief, through football, for people in integrating in host communities. contributing to family mobility. Among these the local and international mafias.