When I tell about Homeless World Cup to my friends, the first question I get is "Are they really Homeless?". No, they are well-paid mid level managers that happen to pretend to be homeless!!!
I know it is hard to register for the first time that there is a World Cup for homeless people and they are travelling from all over the world to participate and they have football boots and jerseys etc. But that's the magic of HWC really, making those things happen with the support of sponsors.
In most of the countries, there are shelters that are trying to keep Homeless people safe and giving them basic needs like a bed to sleep, a shower and a cup of soup. Homeless World Cup works with those organizations to establish football trainings for those homeless people, which is a great tool to give them skills like team-play, discipline and acceptance for other cultures. Maybe the players we see in the tournament are not the ones that are in the worst conditions but they are the ones who are trying to get their lives back. That's why they are here and making the effort
Watch this short but impressive movie from Homeless World Cup to get to know the players better.
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Excellent. Never heard about it before but seems like a great initiative.
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