Festival 2011 With a ball through life workshops presentations podium discussion international streetfootball tournament
Mit dem Ball durchs Leben With a Ball through life a project of KICKFAIR with its international partner - organizations in India, Rwanda, Brazil, Israel/Palestine, Chile, Cambodia and Kenia in the frame of the FIFA womens world cup 2011
Partner-organizations in the project KICKFAIR, Deutschland Al Quds Association for Democracy and Dialogue - Palestina The Peres Center for Peace - Sports Department, Israel Chigol - Chile Formação - Brasilien Horn of Africa Development (Hodi) - Kenia Esperance - Ruanda Magic Bus - Indien Spirit of soccer - Kambotscha Salt Academy - Kambotscha Fútbol por la Vida - Costa Rica
Contents contains 13 football biographies from women in India, Israel/Palestine, Kenia, Brazil, Chile, Rwanda und Cambodia and presents different cultures and realities looks at the challenges and questions of globalization from different perspectives and views allows youngsters to look at the world from other perspectives and to learn from there: how do girls and young women live in other parts of the world? Which are the problems and where are the challenges? what does integration and cultural diversity really mean? what does gender equality mean? what does all this have to do with me and how can I change things? in my local surrounding but also in a global framework?
The biographies and life stories are porcessed to a multimedia didactical material. The whole media package contains: a series of posters with the women s and girls biographies from the named countries an 80 pages curriculum booklet with the series of posters in small format, informations and proposals on how to use ein 80-seitiges Unterrichtsheft mit der Poster-Serie in Kleinformat, Hinweisen und Vorschlägen zum Einsatz der Biographien im Unterricht und zahlreichen Hintergrundinformationen zu den Ländern, den Biographien und den dahinter stehenden Straßenfußball-Projekten accompanied by a DVD with interviews and film material
Linda from Cambodia How did you start? The way I started to play football was when a coach in Pailin province selected players to practice and join the annual student competition. I qualified for the team which was the first football women s team in my province. I started to practice and play with my friends. We practice football every day at the Tep Nimith high school football pitch in my village. How has football changed your life? Football has changed my life; it has changed my ideas and my perspectives. It has given me a great opportunity to go to South Africa to see the World Cup. Before I started playing football, I thought that football is for men, not for women but now I think that girls have as much of a right to play football as boys. After I came back from playing in South Africa, I became a young leader and a coach to lead the kids in my province and while also helping Spirit of Soccer. Football has made me a famous woman in my province because I had the chance to play football abroad in South Africa and Singapore and see the World Cup game. Linda lives in Pailin province, Cambodia, a place which is polluted by landmines. Cambodia is the country which has the highest number of amputations due to mines. About 35.000 people have already lost feet, legs or arms because of accidents. One of them is Mr. Chhoeun. Mr. Chhoeun is Linda s father. His leg was amputated after he stepped on a landmine in 1982. Today he has a prosthesis. During the Cambodian Civil War in the 70 s and 80 s, he fought as a soldier and was wounded during the war. Splinters of metal from artillery shells can still be found in his body. What do your friends and family say about these changes? I m getting more respect from my friends, especially regarding football techniques. My parents are very happy with what I m doing and they encourage me to keep playing. What new perspectives did you learn through football? Do they help you in your day to day life? My perspective is that I want to be a young leader and I want to speak English fluently. I hope to be a young leader for the Cambodian team at the World Cup 2014. This perspective helps me work harder in my daily life, and makes my parents feel proud of me. What role does football play in your life? It helps me gain more ideas and has helped me see the world. It has also taught me how to teach young players to play football.
Mili Lugasi from Israel und Amira Muhammad Sulaiman Fahidat from Palestine Text Mili s whole family loves football. When she was little her father took her and her brother regularly to football games and made her wear a football shirt. She played regularly with her brother and the boys from her neighbourhood in the streets and sport fields of their quarter. Mili s brother stopped playing, but she still plays. Mili is Jewish - an Israeli. She just flanks the ball to one of her team mates. The girl to whom she kicked that ball to is a Palestinian. A rare picture that one gets to see here; Israelis and Palestinians cooperating. Once a month the Palestinian and Israeli boys and girls get together to play football in the Twinned Peace Football Schools project. When the kids of the Twinned Peace Football Schools project run around on the pitch, no one can tell who is Israeli and who Palestinian. The joint games influenced Milis life a great dealt. Since she started the program she sees Arabs in a different light. When her classmates tell her today that Arabs are mean and cruel, her response is that they should first meet them personally and then form an opinion. A life without football would be worth nothing, says Amira Muhammad Sulaiman Fahidat from Jericho, a city in Palestine. She has played soccer ever since she can remember, which is even more remarkable since in Palestine it is still very strange to see women playing sports. Even Amira s extended family found it strange that she and her friends wanted to play football. A friend of Amira s was threatened by her brother to be beaten up if she would go to play football. The only ones that supported Amira and her friends were one of their teachers and Youssef Hamad, the soccer coach of the senior men s team. She is grateful to both for supporting her and her friends. Youssef Hamad was also the one who convinced her father to let her play professionally for Baladna Club. Due to her involvement in the club, she even managed to be selected for the Palestinian National Women s Football team. Through football, it was possible for her see her Israeli counterparts for the first time from a more human perspective. A joint and eventful trip as Peace-Team confirmed this impression. Now, Amira wants to pass these experiences on to others as coach. I believe in the power of personal experience - the girls need to make their own experiences with the Israelis. I m only there when they need me.
Exchange in Stuttgart Youngsters from all over the world will come to Stuttgart from June 29th till July 2nd Workshops, Exchange, Discussions
Collective Workshops Over 100 students from all over Germany will meet at KICKFAIR In collaboration with youngsters and young adults from partner organisations from Cambodia, Israel, Palestine, Ruanda, Chile and Argentina they will work together in workshops and will have discussions around the topic Through life with a ball Also girls and young women from the project Through life with a ball will participate!
In the theatre of stuttgart With a ball through life : a common night of presentations in the theatre of Stuttgart Under the auspices of Dirk Niebel, federal minister for Cooperation and Economic Development (tbc) When: 1st of July Time: 19:30 Where: Theaterhaus Stuttgart Contents: Project and festival participants from all over the world present their common project work on global learning through football presentation of different women s football and project biographies from all over the world With a ball through life podium discussion with representatives from politics, sports and development with project participants Moderation: Bernadette Schoog, Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk
International Festival When: 2nd of July Time: 12:00 o clock Where: Theaterhaus Stuttgart At July 2nd over 200 youngsters will point the way for cultural diversity and cultural enrichment at the international streetfootball festival Over 20 Teams, boys and girls will play streetfootball together in mixed teams without a referee neutral game observers (youngsters themselves) support and mediate in conflic situations Agreements concerning rules of the game are made in the so called dialogue zone. After each match the youngsters reflect on the agreements made beforhand
About KICKFAIR KICKFAIR uses streetfootball as an educational approach KICKFAIR uses streetfootball as a tool for the development of various projects and concepts which focus on the acquisation of social competencies and local development KICKFAIR primarily focuses on underprevilidged youth who does have limited chances in life.with the support KICKFAIR they acquiere competencies which are essential for their future KICKFAIR collaborates with educational institutions throughout Germany KICKFAIR develops international learning cooperations with organisations worldwide All together they develop projects which focus on long term cooperation and learning on an equal footing
KICKFAIR Festival Kooperationspartner: Gefördert aus Mitteln des BMZ Gefördert aus Mitteln der Laureus Sport for Good Foundation Deutschland Austausch KICKFAIR-Peres Center for Peace (Israel) und Al Quds (Palästina KICKFAIR Partner im globalen Netzwerk