Take part in the Street Child Cricket World Cup 2023
August 21, 2020
Street Child United (SCU) is looking for participants globally to take part in the Cricket World Cup 2023 held in India after announcing their partnership with Save the Children. The aim of this unique tournament is to see gender equal teams from different communities raise awareness about the issues limiting their potential.
The tournament gives children from the street and deprived communities a voice like never before. The initiative sees gender equal teams of street-connected children from different countries come to play in their own international cricket tournament, and as a result raising awareness, and engaging relevant stakeholders to speak about the issues that limit their potential.
In 2019, Street Child United held the first ever Street Child Cricket World Cup in London and Cambridge, and now they are taking to India where the 2023 World Cup will take place in Chennai and New Delhi. They are looking for NGOs from across the world who provide exceptional support for street-connected young people to bring a boys or girls team (aged 14-17 at the time of the SCCWC 2023) to represent their country and advocate for change.
“After the success of the inaugural Street Child Cricket World Cup at Lord’s in 2019, we are thrilled that we are heading to India in 2023. In the country where cricket can only be described as a religion, we will ensure that the game we all love provides an unprecedented opportunity for our young people to show just how remarkable they are, and effect global change for street-connected children,” said John Wroe, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Street Child United.
The event will bring street-connected young people from across the world together to take part in a cricket tournament, a festival of arts and advocate for their rights and protection through a child-focused Congress and General Assembly.
The children will also take part in an epic train journey from Chennai to Delhi to represent a journey many children take as they move away from their homes to the streets.
Bidisha Pillai, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children said, “Although these children come from various countries, but many of the challenges these children face are so similar. This is an opportunity for two organisations who have a common vision – to inspire people, rally together for millions of ‘invisible’ children around the world and motivate these children to take action for their right to identity. This will be an exhilarating moment to make ‘The Invisible Visible’.”
Street Child are asking organisations who support street connected young people and want to change the way street children are seen and treated in their country, to fill out an expression of interest form and join a global platform. The deadline to sign up is October 1st, 2020, find out more and register.