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CAMBODIAN HOMELESS WORLD CUP BID - BRAZIL 2010 from mik la vage on Vimeo.

 

 

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Grand Final Day Fundraiser
31/08/10

This fundraiser is coming soon. Sat the 25th of September. Dont miss out!
BBQ, as much barefoot bowls as you can handle, beer and the most important footy game of the year! 50% of funds raised go to HFCA. Get down to Brunswick Bowls club. Click here for more details.

 

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Ex Homeless World Cup Player signs for Manchester United!
31/08/10

Just 2 years ago Bebe was playing for Portugal in the Homeless World Cup. Now he has signed for Manchester United for $12.8M.
Click here for more details

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HFCA Phnom Penh Post Charity Cup
23/08/10

The first Phnom Penh Post Charity Cup was held on Saturday and was a great success. All profits went to HFCA. Click here to read a pre event article in the Phnom Penh Post. The day after the event Asia Life Guide wrote an article about the event. We raised a total of $1,800 on the day. Click here for great pictures and news about the final. Thanks to our sponsors, the Phnom Penh Post and to Jimmy Campbell for a great effort.

 

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Salsa Fundraiser Event (Phnom Penh)
09/08/10

Join us for a sneak preview of a new doc film in the making by Mik La Vage. It captures images of Khmer players at the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne 2008. The film will be followed by a showing/auctioning of art by the children from orphanages participating in this program. The evening will finish with DJ jimmy SALSA playing latin music to get you dancing until late. Meta House, 37 Southearos Boulevard. 7pm Friday August 13th. Go here for the poster

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Meet the former Scots footballer bidding to lead Cambodian street kids to World Cup glory
10/07/10

Jimmy Campbell dreams of lifting the World Cup - with a rag-tag team of Asian street kids who can't even afford boots.
The Scot coaches the six-strong squad of young Cambodians who will compete at this year's Homeless World Cup in Brazil.
His youngsters will fly the flag for their country at the street soccer tournament which kicks off in Rio in September. For them, the chance to play with teams from 63 other nations offers hope and the chance to get their troubled lives back on track.

Jimmy in the papers again - this time the Daily record in Scotland. Go here (online) or here (PDF)

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Asia Life article about HFCA coach Jimmy Campbell
10/07/10

Salsa DJ, coffee expert and lover of the beautiful game Jimmy Campbell is the Head of Coaching for HFCA. He will be the team coach for Team Cambodia when we go to Brazil in September for the Homeless World Cup. Asia Life magazine recently published an article about Jimmy. Click here to check it out.

 

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HFCA are delighted to announce the Cambodian Team that will take part in the 2010 Homeless World Cup.
01/06/10

This years competition will be held in Rio, Brazil in September. After several months of hard work by HFCA Head of Coaching Jimmy Campbell and his support staff he has selected six players for Team Cambodia. We are now working on getting passports and Brazilian Visas and most importantly raising the $AU30,000 needed to get the team and staff to Brazil. The Homeless World Cup have offered to pay 60% towards the costs of our flights which is great news. To meet the team click here

 

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Six Month program evaluation by Chandara Seng
25/05/10

HFCA Country Manager Assistant Chandara Seng has written an evaluation of the HFCA program for the period Dec 2009 to May 2010. Its an honest assessment of our progress and shortcomings during this period. Click here to check it out

 

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New partnership with Paddy Rice Irish Sports Bar
15/05/10

Local Phnom Penh Irish Bar "Paddy Rice" has announced it will be supporting the Cambodian bid to get a team to the Homeless World Cup in Rio de Janeiro in September.
Check them out here

 

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HFCA and CIS Charity Soccer MATCH
11/05/10

The Canadian International School (Singapore) visited HFCA to meet our players and staff and take on HFCA on in three friendly matches. A great time was had by all and then afterwards CIS staff and students donated $1,100 towards HFCA which was a massive boost to our program. Thanks to Craig and Angela Snell for all their hard work on this project. Read CIS staff member Stephanie Shepherdson report of the event by clicking here

 

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New Partnerships
29/04/10

HFCA has formed two new partnership with Australia organisations which we believe will help to secure the long term financial future of HFCA. We all love feel good stories about disadvantaged youth getting a good education and playing sport so that one day they can have a better life but behind the scenes at any organisation there is the tedious work of creating the platform to allow organisations like HFCA  to give them these opportunities. Our new partnerships with Global Development Group and Eway will allow our supporters in Australia to make tax free deductions and our international supporters to donate via the internet and have the utmost confidence in the security of these transactions.

Global Development Group
HFCA is proud to be a partner of Global Development Group (ABN 57 102 400 993), an Australian Non Government Organisation [NGO] carrying out humanitarian projects with approved partners and providing aid to relieve poverty and provide long term solutions through the provision of quality aid and development projects.  GDG takes responsibility of the project according to AusAID rules, providing a governance role and assisting in the areas of planning, monitoring, evaluating and auditing to ensure that the projects are carried out to Australian requirements.  Tax deductible receipts for donations to this approved aid and development project will be issued by GDG for Project J634N Happy Football Cambodia. For more information about GDG, visit http://www.globaldevelopment.org.au

 

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In The Papers
11/04/10

HFCA Founder and Chairperson Paraic Grogan was featured in an interview which appeared in Australian newspapers, The Sydney Telegraph (NSW) and The Herald Sun (VIC)

 

Check it out here

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Happy Soccer School
22/03/10

HFCA have been partners with the Happy School since November 2008. The Happy School director Phalla Chi gives an insight to how that relationship started and how Happy School students have benefited from this partnership.
Click here to read all about it.

 

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An experience of HFCA
22/03/10

Alan Crellin from England volunteered at HFCA for five months and he gives his insight to the impact the program had on him. When he left all the HFCA staff and players were very sad to see him go. He was a fanstastic addition to the HFCA team and everyone at HFCA misses him and hopes that one day he will return to Cambodia and our program. Click here for his story

 

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HFCA compete in league football!
15/02/10

For the first time HFCA have entered two teams in a U14 league. The league run by the FFC (Football Federation Cambodia) and ISF (Indochina Starfish Foundation) gives 24 of our players the oppurtunity to play in a proper football competition for the first time in their lives. The 24 players come from our partners, The Happy School, Riverkids and Center for Childrens Happiness.  Every Saturday these players get to take part in championships that give them the opportunity to showcase their talents, to forget about the variety of issues they face in their daily lives, to do the sort of activity that children in the developed world take for granted. The total cost of this 10 week program is $US1200. It does not sound like a lot of money but it has stretched our limited resources to the limit. Without the support of our team sponsors ANZ Royal Bank and your continued support it would be impossible for HFCA to offer opportunities like this.

For match reports and pictures click here

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Meet The HFCA staff
25/01/10

HFCA are very fortunate to have a dedicated team of staff who work with our players every week and teach them the skills needed to play the game and play for HFCA in local leagues or representing Cambodia at Homeless World Cups. Most of our staff are Cambodia born and raised. Some were born in Cambodia but had to leave during the Khmer Rouge and have returned to help rebuild their country and we have excellant coaches from Scotland and Nigeria. Click here to read their stories.

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Makin Waves 2  Sunday March 28th
01/01/10

After an awesome party in October 09, we are doing it again! All aboard for a sunny Sunday arvo of top tunes and top people... with all profits going to Happy Football Cambodia. The Victoria Star leaves from Central Pier, Victoria Harbour at 2pm sharp, be there by 1.30pm.

Check out more details....

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Dates for 2010 announced
01/01/10

Fair Play 6 at Mayors Park Tennis Courts, Clifton Hill will be held on Sat March 13th
Fair Play 7 at Victoria Park, Abbotsford will be held on Sat Oct 30th (tbc)

 

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2010 Homeless World Cup World Rankings Announced 14/12/09

Ukraine, Portugal and Brazil take the top 3 positions in rankings of 66 nations as preparations for Rio 2010 Homeless World Cup commence.
Today the Homeless World Cup, the world-class, international, football tournament changing the lives of homeless people, has announced the official world rankings for 2010 as preparations get underway for the Rio 2010 Homeless World Cup. Copacabana Beach, Rio, Brazil is the setting that will unite 64 national teams of homeless players in mid September next year.

Read the full story here

 

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New partnership
20/10/09

HFCA are delighted to announce a new partnership with The Auckland Cambodian Youth and Recreation Trust which was formally established in 1998. The group originally started with a small group of enthusiastic young people, keen to form a Cambodian soccer team, earlier in 1997, a Cambodian radio show was also created. Read more here...

 

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HFCA Volunteer Dr Theary Thou writes about his experience with HFCA
19/10/09

read it here

 

 

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Team Cambodia Eye Off FIFA World Cup Trophy
13/09/09

Day five of the tournament in Milano, Team Cambodia got up close to one the worlds most famous sporting trophies, the FIFA World Cup Trophy. Eyeing off what most soccer champions around the globe could only dream of getting in their soccer career, team Cambodia got invited to see the Trophy on display at the Arena Civica, home to the Milan 2009 Homeless World Cup. Check it out

 

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More news from Milan....
13/09/09

The guys are going great guns... and are headed for the final of the INSP Networking trophy. Check out all the reports here

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Results so far from Milan 2009
11/09/09

Cambodia lost their first games in the prelim rounds against Sweden, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Czech Republic 3-0, putting up a brave showing. Well done guys! Following that was a tight game with Switzerland, losing 6-4 and an immense 7-9 loss to Italy.

This means they go into the INSP Networking Trophy, a play off among teams ranked 41 - 48 after the Secondary stage.

The Street Socceroos beat Canada 3-2, then lost to Portugal 18-0 and lost to Malawi 8-2. They then beat Belgium 4-3, lost to Argentina 2-1, beat Hong Kong 4-3.

Go here for all the results and fixtures

Check out this article from a freelance journo.. The Spirit Of Cambodia

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Homeless World Cup 2009

HFCA 2009 HOMELESS WORLD CUP from mik la vage on Vimeo.

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07/08/09
"With just four weeks to go to the Homeless World Cup Milan, Team Cambodia are happy to anounce an anonymous supporter has loaned $15,000 to get the team to Milan. HFCA have two years to pay back this loan. Without this donors generousity we would not be able to get to Milan. This money will cover return flights from Phnom Penh to Milan but we still need money for travel insurance, Italian visas, airport taxes and to also ensure the players have money for food/clothes and a little to enjoy their stay in Milan.
We want the best possible opportunity for these young men who have worked so hard to be a part of this once in a life time opportunity. For this to happen, we ask you to make a donation of $10-$20 or more to help these young street soccer players kick their goal. Every dollar counts towards making their dreams come true. Simply click on the link below and make your donation."

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Bendigo Bank sponsoring Fair Play
08/09/09

We welcome the Clifton Hill/North Fitzroy Community Bank branch of the Bendigo Bank to the HFCA family. A new sponsor of the Fair Play tournament, we look forward to building a fruitful relationship with them...find out more about them here

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Cambodia head to Milan for 7th annual Homeless World Cup
01/09/09

Cambodian Squad representatives available for questions and answers. Media Release & Press Conference details available here

 

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New jerseys donated to Cambodia Team
28/08/09

Melbourne graphic design company Ping Pong Design, along with Fair Trade company Etiko, have teamed together to design and create new jerseys for the Cambodian Squad to wear at this year’s Homeless World Cup tournament. Read more here

Check out the jerseys here

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