Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre, Rwanda
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Project Type:
architecture
Project Mission/Goal:
improve the human spirit
respond to our growing need for clean water, power, shelter, healthcare, education
Project Description:
About the Campaign:
“20 Centres for 2010” is the Official Campaign of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. Its aim is to raise funds to create twenty Football for Hope Centres for public health, education and football across Africa. The centres will address local social challenges in disadvantaged areas and improve education and health services for young people. The Football for Hope Centre in Khayelitsha is the first of the 20 Football for Hope Centres in Africa. Read more about The Football for Hope Campaign
About the Centre Host:
Today, the ethnic groups of Rwanda still struggle with the legacy of the genocide in 1994. Since 2002, and in search for justice and peaceful coexistence, Espérance seeks to fight the ethnic divide of the Rwandan population by targeting vulnerable and disadvantaged youth in the Kimisagara community through education and social programmes such as “Football for Peace and Anti-AIDS”.
Besides playing regular football, Espérance’s activities include football programmes within the areas of peacebuilding, education and anti-aids. For example, football tournaments are run in conjunction with AIDS awareness activities.
The organisation uses football as a tool not only to reconcile differences within the population, but also to raise awareness of fundamental challenges that face the communities and youths. Espérance carries out these activities with 56 volunteers. Some 180,000 youth benefit from these activities.
Further, over 300 youths are trained to become educators themselves. Further, Espérance also supports youth organisations to increase their competencies in order to actively participate in national youth policies.
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http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/esperance
http://www.streetfootballworld.org/football-for-hope2
http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/worldwideprograms/footballforhope/20centre...
Project Details:
Project Location: Kimisgara Community - Kigali - Rwanda
Date(s): XX to XX
Project Phase: Design development
Client: Espérance
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Concept/Lead Architect(s)/Designer(s): Killian Doherty
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Additional Consultants: MASS Architects
Total Cost/Cost per Unit: 165000 USD
Area (if applicable): 200 sq m
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Nominated by Carlene Ho
