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SOCCER AFRICA UPDATE - Back in CAPE TOWN!
I have been back in Cape Town for about 3 weeks now and have just now found the time to sit down and update you on how things are going with the Project! Things are moving so fast!
As most of you know, I was home for a few months networking with local organizations at home and catching up on some family time. While I was home, I had the great opportunity of… Continue
Posted by Ryan McGonigle on November 12, 2009 at 4:29pm — 1 Comment
Ambitous Youth of Khayelitsha article in Delivery Magazine
Posted by Dan Wagner on November 12, 2009 at 3:40pm
Blog Post Intro
Posted by Dan Wagner on July 4, 2009 at 4:40pm — 1 Comment
Welcome
The Campbell Center started off with a lighted tiger-turf soccer field located beside the Ikhusi Primary School. It has grown to include a classsroom, bathrooms and office space. We are dedicated to using the global reach of the sport of soccer to give educational opportunities to both the people of Khayelitsha and to U.S. College students… Continue
Posted by Dan Wagner on June 15, 2009 at 4:26am
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FIFA: 11 For Health Video
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I love PSL Video on 2008 Trip
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Lancaster Intel Article on F&M
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FIFA Article on Women's Day Event
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FIFA Article on Campbell Field
The Chris Campbell Memorial field at Ikusi Primary School is a small slice of recently-opened football heaven, located somewhere inside the maze of dirt roads and shacks that make up the Khayelitsha township on the outskirts of Cape Town. Doctors, scientists, charitable organizations, coaches, teachers and schoolchildren converged on the field on 25 February to celebrate the very first coaching session of the '11 for Health in Africa' campaign.
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24 Hour Awareness Tournament (Football 365)
Being a bit of a football nut myself, playing for as many teams as I can fit in between coaching and writing about the game, I am deeply aware of the impact football has on people.
Football has the power to unite men and women from different backgrounds while simultaneously providing them the opportunity to express themselves. With so much money in the game now, it also gives players a chance, albeit a small one, through hard work and dedication, to transform their lives.
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See what is happening right now on the field!
WELCOME
The Campbell Center started off with a lighted tiger-turf soccer field located beside the Ikhusi Primary School. It has grown to include a classsroom, bathrooms and office space. We are dedicated to using the global reach of the sport of soccer to give educational opportunities to both the people of Khayelitsha and to U.S. College students interested in studying abroad in the Cape Town region.
Our focus is singular in developing the Site B community. We are open to all groups and organizations who share our interest in building relationships with these people.
To date our focus has been on finding creative ways to use soccer to benefit the community. We have run crime prevention and gender equity soccer tournaments; we have taught HIV/AIDS prevention to teenagers and business skills to young adults. Small businesses are emerging from the local community, using the Campbell facility to generate income.
In the future, we dream of opening the facility to American College students who are interested in applying their business and pre-med skills to working with these people. Franklin & Marshall College's Ware Institute for Civic Engagement is leading this initiative and currently creating the F&M in Cape Town program.
We also are working with the business community in Lancaster opening philanthropic opportunities. Lancaster based Soccer Shots is creating a program to directly fund our partners whom are working at the field. The powerful Lancaster Rotary is also getting involved and is considering sending a team of medical professionals to the Campbell Facility.
None of this could have been done without the unbelievable work of the CTCTen foundation. Based out of mainline Philadelphia, the Foundation was created with one objective, build the Chris Campbell Field and Education Center. This group was born out of the tragic passing of Chris Campbell, an F&M soccer star who passed away the day before his senior soccer season. The Campbell Foundation was formed out of Chris's family and their close friends. Out of that tragedy, the miracle that is the Campbell Center has sprung.
To learn more about the various facets of the work being done at the Campbell Facility, please explore this site.
News on the F&M Men's Soccer Team
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