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Subject: [wa-afr] Fwd: World Peace Cup®
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Possibly, something for the sports fans among us.
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Subject: World Peace Cup€ ®
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From: World Peace Cup <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 08:05:38 -0700 (PDT)
Please share your thoughts with us, and let us know
how we can help, and how you are able to support our
project. Also forward this message to your own
network of relations and contacts please.
4 September 2000, we opened a temporary internet site
at http://Sport4Food.tripod.com/Home.html
with some first background information
about the WORLD PEACE CUP project.
Please keep in touch and we'll keep you posted.
Anxiously looking forward to your response.
Even a short e-mail message helps
Yours Truly
Willem Tijssen
Project Leader.
WORLD PEACE CUP€ ®
"World Football Tournament of the Continents"
The WORLD PEACE CUP€ ® is a concept for an annual football tournament
between selected teams from all continents of which revenues will be
donated as relief aid for all Third World war zone countries,
focusing in Africa. The WORLD PEACE CUP project could not only
attract the attention of the more fortunate west but could also give
some extra hope to the less fortunate south. This would show that
the victims of these wars are not forgotten.
Football (soccer) is often one of the only few pleasures in the
Third World that children are blessed with. For example, even in
African war zones like Sierra Leone, you can find children on every
street playing football and forgetting about hunger, suffering and
war for a few short hours that day.
Football brings fun to the people and also pulls them together.
Sullay Kallon is an 18 year boy from Sierra Leone who has been
crippled since he was 12 years old. Both his legs were wounded by
rebel fire. He will never walk again. His only means of support is
begging for food or small change from the travellers at Hastings
Airport near Freetown to finance his study. He is joined there by
about 10 of his friends who also have severe and lifelong wounds
from the war. They all know the importance of education.
With all the odds stacked against these children it would be easy to
think that they do not have a reason to smile but they do. Just
mention the word Football and you will see their faces glow with
delight. Sullay says "even though I will never be able to kick a
ball again, be able to watch football is the best I have".
WEST AFRICA ACCOUNTS FOR AT LEAST 500'000 REFUGEES FROM CIVIL WARS
In addition to the traditional tournaments like the World Cup, The
European Championships, the Africa Cup and the Cup of South America,
there is no reason why there cannot be a new tournament for a great
cause, the WORLD PEACE CUP; "A World Football Tournament of the
Continents". The WORLD PEACE CUP could take place in November or
December when European teams have their Winter break. Most of the
African football stars play in European competitions.
To initiate this project, the thought is to start with a pilot-game
in Spain this winter. This match would consist of African star
players and a team of European star players. All proceeds would be
donated to the Sierra Leone and Liberian refugees in west Africa.
Perhaps some former top players or trainers would be interested in
coaching these teams.
We hope this cause will gain the support from the professional Star
Players, the FIFA, the UEFA, and its members, the United Nations and
other authorities, and the MEDIA worldwide.
We are confident that great athletes who have been blessed with such
talent would be willing to attend the delivery of supplies to these
regions, enabling television stations and other media entities to
cover these events, so that the world can witness the product and end
result of their efforts being directly given to those who are in
need. It would be an honour to have Kofi Annan and other democratic
leaders to the kick-off for this great game.
"JOY OVERWHELMS SUFFERING WHEN FOOTBALL BRIDGES THE GAP"
€ ©2000: EEC Events B.V./The Netherlands
Phone +31 35-6563111
+31 65-4286625
Fax +31 35-6563007
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