Sudan and Bosnia teams play in Street Child World Cup

As part of its Rofaqa initiative, the Sports for Development and Peace program, and in conjunction with Street Child United and the Qatar Fund for Development, Qatar Charity (QC) will compete in the Street Child World Cup 2022 alongside the Sudan and Bosnia and Herzegovina teams.

In order to provide street-connected children a voice for change, the Street Child World Cup 2022, an event held in collaboration with the Qatar Foundation (QF), began on Saturday at Education City.
Bosnia and Sudan are among the teams in the first group.

The Sudanese and Bosnian teams have made qualitative contributions to events accompanying the tournament, which included an arts festival, where they painted the flag of their countries in an artistic and humanitarian atmosphere. They also helped prepared a conference to advocate for children’s rights and support young people who face harsh social conditions.

The two teams are scheduled to visit Al Salam School 2 and visit Qatar Charity’s headquarters.
The captain of the Sudan team, Adnan Abdel Hakim, said they are participating with a group of orphaned children sponsored by QC in Sudan, and explained that they have received training and are confident of winning and achieving honourable results in the event.

Adnan noted that the event is not just a football game, but rather a sports and humanitarian event, where there are spaces for free expression through culture, arts and conferences, all of which serve to achieve the goal of the tournament of mobilising support and advocacy for children’s rights.

The director of Qatar Charity’s office in Sudan, Hassan Odeh, confirmed that the Rofaqa team from Sudan is fully prepared and ready for the Street Child World Cup 2022, and he expected good results due to a series of training and preparatory matches in which the team participated.

The captain of the Bosnian team, Mirza Ibrahimpasic, said: “We are happy to participate in this tournament, and hope to be able to cross to the second stage with the teams of Sudan and Qatar. Our preparations and training started in Bosnia in a sports camp, and although we are from different cities, we have accepted the challenge and hope to reach the end.”

The director of the Bosnian team, Samer Ghaith, said that the event is one of the most significant ones that has a direct impact on the lives of all orphans. He added that the children on the Bosnian team, who come from low-income or impoverished families, never imagined having the chance to represent Bosnia.

Added he, “They have received our whole support at Qatar Charity to enable them to participate to the fullest extent possible in this wonderful event. We wish them success and victory.”