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Khayelitsha Football for Hope Centre is the first Football for Hope project and was launched on 28 July 2008. The centre opened on 5 December 2009 in the Harare neighbourhood. It cost approximately $256,000 USD and spans about 220 square meters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.streetfootballworld.org/20centresfor2010/khayelitsha streetfootballworld )〕 Khayelitsha is a township in the Western Cape of South Africa in Cape Town.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/grassrootsoccer )〕 Football for Hope was made possible by Architecture for Humanity, FIFA’s 20 Centres for 2010 project, and streetfootballworld to create the centre in Khayelitsha, while Grassroot Soccer is the Centre Host organisation. Grassroot Soccer’s mission is: “Grassroot Soccer uses the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilise communities to stop the spread of HIV.” Football for Hope’s mission is to use football as a vehicle for the encouragement of health, peace, rights of the children and a way to discourage discrimination. There are different programs that are orchestrated at each centre that promote these objectives. These programs encourage play in an architecturally sound and safe environment. The location of the Centre plays an important role in its growing popularity and prevalence in Khayelitsha. It is located in an area where pedestrian traffic is heavy and common. This encourages frequent visitors to the Football for Hope Centre. It is placed in a convenient location in the Harare neighbourhood. Because Khayelitsha is the second largest township in South Africa, the location of this Centre is strategic in that it can provide its resources to the vast youth and general population living in Khayelitsha. == Programs == Through Grassroot Soccer, an NGO and Khayelitsha Football for Hope Centre’s host organisation, individuals are trained in behavioural development through the use of football and use what they’ve learned to benefit children in different communities. Grassroot soccer provides programs used at Khayelitsha Football for Hope Centre. They are used to promote healthy living and HIV free lives. A programme put on by Grassroot Soccer is the “Skillz Programme.” This programme is two hours, three times a week. In these two hours, soccer drills and games are run and “combined with specially-designed exercises to help young people understand and deal with HIV and AIDS.”〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.grassrootsoccer.org/ )〕 There are peer counsellors who take part in educating the youth of Khayelitsha in various ways. The games and drills they partake in are representative of positive behaviours and experiences. The youth take these experiences and understand the importance of living a healthy and fun life. 6,000 completed the Skillz Curriculum in the first year of Khayelitsha Football for Hope Centre’s existence. The Utshintsho programme was started at Khayelitsha Football for Hope Centre and is meant for children to be educated about drugs and alcohol abuse. Utshintsho means “transformation” or “change” in Xhosa. The community aspect of Khayelitsha has become more apparent and tight knit since the construction of Khayelitsha Football for Hope Centre. It provides a healthy and safe environment for the community members (aimed at children from the ages of 12-18) to come together, learn and play. Through the involvement in football and the various programs at the Centre, children are encouraged to refrain from dangerous behaviours and learn to explore and play as the alternative. They also have HIV testing and counselling at the Centre. They are set up rather frequently and encourage children to get tested as often as possible because the prevalence of HIV in the Khayelitsha community is incredibly high. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khayelitsha Football for Hope Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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