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Football for Peace
Football for Peace is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with its headquarters in London and supported by the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace. It was co-founded internationally in 2013 by English-born Pakistani footballer Kashif Siddiqi and Chilean FIFA legend Elias Figueroa. The Movement uses soft power as a diplomatic tool to build resilient communities and to foster understanding.
Originally started by Figueroa in 2006 as a campaign known as Futbol Por la Paz in South America. Siddiqi became the co-founder of Football for Peace Global in 2013 and in the same year, the concept made the transition from "campaign" to implementing NGO status with its international incorporation. The initiative was based on what had been achieved in the Americas, and brought to Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Far East. The charities programmes are based in London, Chile, India and Liberia.
In 2016, charity ambassadors Pele and Ronaldinho[citation needed] visited London for the inaugural Diplomatic Football Peace Ball. The event was hosted by HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, as a patron member of the charity.
In 2018, the charity launched a campaign called Football Saves Lives which was supported by HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Mesut Ozil, Bacary Sagna, Carlton Cole, Mathieu Flamini, Mamadou Sakho, Avram Grant, Louis Saha whom visited the London programme.
During the same year co founder – Kashif Siddiqi was invited to Liberia to meet with football icon and President George Weah to discuss charity programmes around Football Diplomacy.
Premier League club, AFC Bournemouth Chairman Jeff Mostyn, joined the charity as an adviser to the board and ambassador. Mostyn is also a FA Council member.
In 2015, Football for Peace Global created a Football Diplomacy peace process which is inclusive of peace matches, legacy projects known as "City for Peace" and sports diplomacy toolkits influencing social change. The process was intended to focus on community integration, reducing tensions between different groups and creating dialogue between nations.
Football for Peace hosted Joko Widodo, 7th president of Indonesia in East London to showcase the peace process on 20 April 2016. He was accompanied by the British government officials where they met 60 youngsters from Newham, London and three Football for Peace ambassadors from Birmingham, who participated in the day-long workshop at Chobham Academy, Newham.
Football for Peace
Football for Peace is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with its headquarters in London and supported by the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace. It was co-founded internationally in 2013 by English-born Pakistani footballer Kashif Siddiqi and Chilean FIFA legend Elias Figueroa. The Movement uses soft power as a diplomatic tool to build resilient communities and to foster understanding.
Originally started by Figueroa in 2006 as a campaign known as Futbol Por la Paz in South America. Siddiqi became the co-founder of Football for Peace Global in 2013 and in the same year, the concept made the transition from "campaign" to implementing NGO status with its international incorporation. The initiative was based on what had been achieved in the Americas, and brought to Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Far East. The charities programmes are based in London, Chile, India and Liberia.
In 2016, charity ambassadors Pele and Ronaldinho[citation needed] visited London for the inaugural Diplomatic Football Peace Ball. The event was hosted by HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, as a patron member of the charity.
In 2018, the charity launched a campaign called Football Saves Lives which was supported by HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Mesut Ozil, Bacary Sagna, Carlton Cole, Mathieu Flamini, Mamadou Sakho, Avram Grant, Louis Saha whom visited the London programme.
During the same year co founder – Kashif Siddiqi was invited to Liberia to meet with football icon and President George Weah to discuss charity programmes around Football Diplomacy.
Premier League club, AFC Bournemouth Chairman Jeff Mostyn, joined the charity as an adviser to the board and ambassador. Mostyn is also a FA Council member.
In 2015, Football for Peace Global created a Football Diplomacy peace process which is inclusive of peace matches, legacy projects known as "City for Peace" and sports diplomacy toolkits influencing social change. The process was intended to focus on community integration, reducing tensions between different groups and creating dialogue between nations.
Football for Peace hosted Joko Widodo, 7th president of Indonesia in East London to showcase the peace process on 20 April 2016. He was accompanied by the British government officials where they met 60 youngsters from Newham, London and three Football for Peace ambassadors from Birmingham, who participated in the day-long workshop at Chobham Academy, Newham.