The Football for Hope Movement is the key element of the strategic alliance between FIFA and streetfootballworld. It was created to enhance dialogue and collaboration between locally active organizations advancing social development and football associations, committed clubs and players, professional leagues as well as involved commercial partners. The Movement aims to utilize the role of football in society in order to contribute to the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
The objective of the Football for Hope Movement is to establish a quality seal for sustainable social and human development programmes working with football as the central tool in the areas of Health Promotion, Peace Building, Anti-Discrimination & Social Integration, Children's Rights & Education and the Environment, thus supporting best practice in the field.
As a key component of this movement, streetfootballworld is supporting the development of Football for Hope Centres in partnership with our streetfootballworld network members.
Each Football Hope Centre will consist of a youth football pitch and a gathering space to house community-based social and economic programs. The programmes must be aimed at children and young people, and use football as an instrument to promote participation and dialogue.
The scope and budget of each center will vary depending upon the programming proposed by the local network partner. A typical center will consist of a 20m x 40m youth football pitch, a pavilion or small community structure, and access to services such as water, power and sanitation. The size of each centre will range between 100 and 200m2.
Streetfootball world has entered into strategic partnerships with development partners to support football members throughout the design and construction process. Four partners will be selected to develop pilot centres across Africa to open in conjunction with the 2010 World Cup.
PHASE ONE PROJECTS (SEPTEMBER 2008-SEPTEMBER 2009)
Khayelitsha Football For Hope Center
location: Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
client: Grassroot Soccer
cost: $256000 USD (Final)
size: 220 sq. m
design fellows: Oana Stanescu / Christine Lara
Baguinéda Football for Hope Centre
location: Baguinéda, Bamako, Mali
client: Association Malienne pour la Promotion de la Jeune Fille et de la Femme (AMPJF)
cost: $157807 USD (Final)
size: 300 sq. m
design fellow: Michael Heublein
Katutura Football for Hope Centre
in memory of Eunice Kennedy Shriver
location: Katutura, Windhoek, Namibia
client: Special Olympics Namibia
cost: $278635 USD (Final)
size: 170 sq. m
design fellow: Jhono Bennett / Thomas Calhoun
Mathare Football for Hope Centre
location: Kangundo Road, Komarock, Kenya
client: MYSA
cost: $120000 USD (Estimated)
size: 200 sq. m
design fellow: Isaac Mugumbule
Qwaqwa Football for Hope Centre
a Lovelife - Y Centre
location: Qwaqwa, Free State, South Africa
centre host organization: loveLife
cost: $165000 USD (Estimated)
size: 200 sq. m
design fellow: George Kinuthia
Mozambique Footbal For Hope Centre
location: Manica, Mozambique
client: Grupo Desportivo de Manica
cost: $150000 USD (Estimate)
size: 180sq.m
design fellows: Alina Jeronimo / Paulo Carneiro
Cameroon Football For Hope Centre
location: Besongabang, Cameroon
client: United Action for Children
cost: $110000 USD (Estimate)
size: 170sq.m
design fellow: Nathan Jones
Tanzania Football For Hope Centre
location: Iringa, Tanzania
client: Iringa Development of Youth, Disabled and Children Care
cost: $150000 USD (Estimate)
size: 180sq.m.
design fellow: Alma Ruiz
Botswana Football For Hope Centre
location: Ramotswa, Botswana
client: South East District Youth Empowerment League
cost: $160000 USD (Estimate)
size: 145sq.m
design fellow: Elisa Engel
Magalakwena Football For Hope Centre
location: Mokopane, Limpopo South Africa
client: South African Red Cross
cost: T.B.A.
size: T.B.A.
design fellow: Themba Mekwa
Cape Verde Football For Hope Centre
location: Tarrafal, Santiago Island, Cape Verde
client: Delta Cultura Cabo Verde
cost: T.B.A.
size: T.B.A.
design fellow: Ana Reis
Zimbabwe Football For Hope Centre
location: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
client: Grassroot Soccer
cost: T.B.A.
size: T.B.A.
design fellow: Kuda Mutsonziwa
DRC Football For Hope Centre
location: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
client: Georges Malaika Foundation
cost: T.B.A.
size: T.B.A.
design fellow: Oliver Kienzi
Mauritania Football For Hope Centre
location: Nouakchott, Mauritania
client: Association Espoir
cost: T.B.A.
size: T.B.A.
design fellow: Ana Ramos
DESIGN FELLOWS
George Kinuthia is an Architect working on the design and construction of the Football for Hope Centre in Qwa Qwa, Free State, South Africa. George started his passion in the building industry with studies in construction technology in Kenya thereafter proceeding into Architectural studies where he attained a Bachelor of Architecture at University of Port Elizabeth (U.P.E) and a Master of Architecture at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (N.M.M.U) in South Africa. He continued to work independently and for practices across various cities and towns in South Africa.
Luvuyo Mfungula is the design fellow working on the Football for Hope Centre in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Luvuyo studied architecture at the Durban university of technology graduating in 2004. He has since been working for some of most well known South African designers. Luvuyo has a passion for community projects and have over the years gained experience in realizing such projects through understanding the crucial ability of balancing the needs, expectations and budget constraints that are unique to each. As a driven young designer he would like to see architecture help in improving the quality of life.
Unathi Mkonto is currently a design fellow with Architecture for Humanity, developing a design brief, schematic design to completion of the Football for Hope Centre in Alexandra Johannesburg. He was born in Peddie South Africa, now living in Cape Town. He has studied Bachelor of Building Arts in Architecture at Nelson Mandela Metro University, till third year level.
Nathan Jones is currently a design fellow with Architecture for Humanity, developing a design brief for the Football for Hope Centre in Besongabang Cameroon. He is from the UK, now living in Cape Town. He worked in a foundary at the age of thirteen and studied in UEL London and at the Center for Alternative Technology in Wales. He worked in different architectural firms in the UK, in an engineering and sheetmetal company in US and Timber framing yard in Wales. He also has a great experience in Earth construction as he worked in a Earth building construction company in Gambia.
Alina Jeronimo is currently a design fellow with Architecture for Humanity, working on the Football for Hope Centre in Manica Mozambique.
Alina is an accredited and registered Architect from Portugal. She studied in Lisbon in the Lusiada University and worked in Portugal and Spain during the last 4 years. Ending the post-Master “Earth Architecture” in CRAterre, Architecture School of Grenoble, France, she is focusing her thesis research on sustainable architecture in informal settlements.
Alina and Paulo are working together as Design Fellows on Mozambique FFH Centre.
Paulo Carneiro Fernandes is currently a design fellow with Architecture for Humanity, working on the Football for Hope Centre in Manica Mozambique.
Originally from Portugal and a licensed architect since 2005, Paulo worked in several architecture studios in Portugal and Spain. Recently, he strengthened his personal research in sustainable architecture, with the aim of improving living conditions without compromising future generation’s resources. Currently enrolled in the post-master “DSA Terre” in CRAterre-ENSAG, France, he is developing a thesis topic on earth architecture, sustainable development, low cost housing, and informal settlements.
Alina and Paulo are working together as Design Fellows on Mozambique FFH Centre.
Alma Ruiz is currently the design fellow with Architecture for Humanity working on the Football for Hope Centre in Iringa Tanzania.
Born and raised in Mexico, she completed her Bachelors degree in Architecture at the Iberoamericana University, Mexico City. She has been involved in several urban, architectural and interior design projects in Africa and Mexico. She worked as a project leader in Interior design in several architectural offices in Mexico City, and Cape Town on urban design in 2009. She was the team leader in the research “The Vernacular Art Inside Informal Settlements”. She has had the opportunity of working within communities in Africa and Mexico and has been involved in different kind of Social Activities since her studies.
Elisa Engel is the design fellow with Architecture for Humanity currently working for the Football for Hope Centre in Ramotswana, Botswana. She comes from Germany but has lived in Swaziland for several years prior to her architectural studies. She studied architecture in Belfast and graduated in Architecture and Development Practices from Oxford Brookes University in 2004. For the past 7 years she has been working in the UK. Her focus is on educational architecture and participatory design. Elisa is fully qualified and registered with the UK Architects' Registration Board. She is now on sabbatical while acting as a Design Fellow for AfH.
Themba Mekwa is the new Design Fellow for the Football for Hope Center in Mokopane, Limpopo for the South African Red Cross Society. Themba is a registered architect residing in Cape Town. A South African national, he holds a post-graduate degree from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and has spent the last 5 years working for a reputable local firm on various residential, commercial and education projects. He enters the Football for Hope program with a keen interest for collaborative design and youth orientated development. Other interests include experimentations in product and furniture design with special focus on the design to manufacturing process.
Ana Reis is the design fellow with Architecture for Humanity currently working for the Football for Hope Centre in Tarrafal, Cape Verde. Ana worked for different practices in Portugal and she acted as a project architect for the Figueira da Foz Municipality from 2001 to 2006. She then moved to the UK where she worked for Foster+Partners and Adjaye Associates and co-founded Langdon Reis Architects in London, 2008. The studio won a number of competitions, collaborated on a number of large urban studies and completed small residential projects. Ana graduated in 1998 from Lusíada University in Portugal, where she undertook postgraduate studies in “Rehabilitation of Historic Places” in 2001. Recently she completed a Masters Degree of Research Architecture at Goldsmiths University in London. She is a registered architect at the Ordem dos Arquitectos Portugueses in Portugal since 1998, and registered at the ARB in the UK in 2007.
Kuda Mutsonziwa is the design fellow with Architecture for Humanity currently working for the Football for Hope Centre in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Over the past 8 years Kuda has worked in design and construction for private firms and NGOs in the UK, Rwanda and Zimbabwe where she specialised in designing healthcare and education facilities, residential buildings and sustainable design. She holds degrees from Greenwich University, London and has recently publish works on Urban Agriculture practices in Zimbabwe.
Oliver Kienzi is the design fellow with Architecture for Humanity currently working for the Football for Hope Centre in Kalibuka, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo.He is an Architect originally from Zurich, Switzerland. He got his Master’s Degree from ETH Zurich and has worked with architectural firms in Switzerland and New York, where he has been living and working for 17 years prior to starting to work with Architecture for Humanity. He is in the process of becoming a licensed Architect in NY State, is a Associate Member AIA and a member of the Swiss Engineers and Architects Association, SIA.
Ana Ramos is the design fellow with Architecture for Humanity currently working for the Football for Hope Centre in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Originally from Lisbon, Portugal, Ana grew up in Macau, in southeast China. Having graduated as an architect in 2005, from Lisbon’s Technical University, she holds a master’s degree in ‘Building and Urban Design in Development’ from the Development Planning Unit of The Bartlett, University College of London (2010). She is a registered architect at the Ordem dos Arquitectos (Portugal) since 2007. Ana has worked as a freelancer, as well as for different practices in Portugal and the UK. She has development-related design experience in Rio de Janeiro with Jorge Mario Jauregui Architects, and for Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with Thinking Development. Field research has taken her to Istanbul, Turkey, and she was part of the team developing a manual on ‘Transitional Shelter Guidelines’ at Shelter Centre, Geneva, prior to moving to Cape Town.
PREVIOUS DESIGN FELLOWS
Axel Stelter was the Design Fellow for the Lesotho Football For Hope Centre. He is originally from Germany and worked in design and construction for numerous firms in Portugal, Germany and California, USA. Axel obtained his architecture degree from the University of Berkeley in California.
Michael Heublein was the Design Fellow in charge of the design and construction administration of the Football for Hope Centre in Bamako, Mali. He is a registered architect and LEED AP in the United States, and has worked for firms in the U.S. and Australia on projects in the States, Australia, China, Mexico and Nicaragua. Michael has a Masters Degree from the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. He is also a former Peace Corps Volunteer and worked for U.S.A.I.D. in Guinea, West Africa.
Killian Doherty was the design fellow working on the Football for Hope Centre in Kigali, Rwanda. He is an Architect, originally from Ireland. Having worked in Stockholm, Dublin, and London, and completing a Masters in Architecture at the Royal Technical College (KTH) in Stockholm ,he volunteered with a grassroots organization on the post-katrina reconstruction of New Orleans. A visiting studio tutor at the KTH in Stockholm, Gothenburg , University of Johannesburg and KIST(Rwanda) Killian has exhibited his work in Ireland, Sweden and the US.
David Pound was the design fellow with Architecture for Humanity, working on the construction phase of the Football for Hope Centre in Oguaa Ghana. After graduating from The Manchester School of Architecture in 2002 he worked for a number of large scale practices where he specialised in the design of residential buildings, schools and educational facilities. In 2008 he moved to Ghana to design inclusive school buildings for a local NGO, that specialises in mixed ability education. In March 2010 he started working for AFH as a Design Fellow. He has always had a desire to design schools and places of learning as he sees them as places that are integral to the teaching and learning process.
