Soccer (Football) is arguably considered the world's most popular sport. Over 250 million soccer players world wide. This June, brazil will host the 2014 world cup...

1. THE

2. -FIFA
(the world cup
organizing body)
over 250 million
SOCCER (FOOTBALL)
WORLD’S MOST
POPULAR SPORT.
IS ARGUABLY CONSIDERED THE
SOCCER players
world wide.

3. 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

4. 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)

5. DID YOU KNOW,
THERE IS ANOTHER
LESS FAMOUS
WORLD
CUP?
-sportsillustrated.com
2010 south african
world cup hosted over
3 million attendees.

6. -international soccer star
david beckham’s 2013 salary.
$5.7 million uSD
PLAYERSTHE
ARE NOT
.

7. THEY DO NOT
LIVE IN
.

8. THERE ARE NOT
OF SCREAMING FANS.

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

10. THIS IS THE
THE OTHER WORLD CUP.

11. TO IMPROVE
THE LIVES OF
THE HOMELESS
THROUGH SOCCER.
ONE GOAL:
THE HOMELESS WORLD CUP IS
A SOCCER TOURNAMENT WITH

12. “
HOMELESS WORLD CUP INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER
-DEBORAH BALL
FOOTBALL IS OUR WAY OF ENGAGING
WITH AND PUBLICIZING THE PROBLEMS
SURROUNDING HOMELESSNESS AROUND
THE WORLD.

13. -UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS, 2005
AN ESTIMATED 100 MILLION
PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ARE
HOMELESS.
ALLHOMELESS WORLD CUP
PLAYERS ARE HOMELESS.

14. SOME BATTLE
ADDICTIONS AND
MENTAL ILLNESS.
-national coalition for the homeless
20-25% of single adult homeless
population suffers from some form of
severe and persistent mental illness.

15. SOME ARE DISPLACED BY
WAR, UNEMPLOYMENT,
NATURAL DISASTERS,
OVERCROWDING...
GLOBALLY ESTIMATED, THERE ARE:
-The National Law Center
on 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.

16. SHUNNED AND
EVERYDAY THEY ARE
.
David Pirtle
formerly homeless
“Most of the despair in being
homeless comes from being
treated like you don’t exist,”

17. BEING PART OF A TEAM GIVES
THE PLAYERS SOMETHING
INCLUSION.
MOST NEVER RECEIVE:SOMETHING

18. EACH PLAYER MUST PRACTICE
RESPONSIBILITY,good COMMUNICATION,
TRUST, AND TEAMWORK.

19. THESE SKILLS ARE
TRANSFERRED TO DAILY LIFE
CHANGEYOUR LIFE.PROVING YOU CAN

20. Off the field as well.
WITH OVER 70 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS,
THE HOMELESS WORLD CUP ORGANIZATION
PROVIDES ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

21. PLAYERS HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE
EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH, LEGAL,
AND EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES.

22. IT ALSO ALLOWS
PARTICIPANTS TO BECOME
model ambassadors
TO OTHERS FACING
SIMILAR SITUATIONS.

23. “
-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,
YESYOUCAN.
SO CAN YOU.
I DID.
STREET SOCCER scotland FOUNDER
FORMER HOMELESS WORLD CUP PLAYER

24. 6 MONTHS AFTER THE COPENHAGEN
2007 HOMELESS WORLD CUP:
-copenhagen 2007
homeless 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.

25. A SIMPLE GAME
PLAYED WITH
one ballCAN CHANGE LIVES.

26. YOU MAY NOT HAVE A
home oR a Job...
...BUT A BALL CAN TEACH YOU
teamwork.
discipline.
...A BALL CAN TEACH YOU

27. YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO MAKE A
...

28. ...ALL BECAUSE OF
A

29. WATCH THE
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WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO?
WWW.HOMELESSWORLDCUP.ORG
HTTP://KICKINGITTHEFILM.COM
WWW.GIRLSKICKIT.ORG
WWW.SLUMSOCCER.ORG
WWW.ONEWORLDFUTBOL.COM

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