'No child should have to be on the streets. I am proud to support the Ukrainian team at the Street Child World Cup.' Andriy Shevchenko

The Street Child World Cup (SCWC) is a global campaign for the rights of street children. Through football, art and a unique international street child conference our aim is to challenge the negative perceptions and treatment of street children.

In 2010, nine children from the streets of Kharkiv represented the Ukraine at the first Street Child World Cup held in Durban, South Africa. The team won the fair play award and their stories changed people’s perceptions and understanding of street children around the world. This first SCWC received global media coverage including the BBC, The Sun and FIFA’s Football Mondial.

The children’s call for change, The Durban Declaration, was presented to the UN Committee on Human Rights and to national governments. Their voices amplified local campaigns for an end to policies that brutalized street children - and in the Ukraine for the overhaul that occurred of the Ukrainian orphanage system. The build up to and impact of the tournament led to new partnerships between NGO’s and local governments and the event transformed the children’s lives - in the case of the Ukraine team every child has now been fostered.

The Chinadievskiy Project

We need your help for a charity appeal we are making. In brief, my Ukraine Director, Irina Dinch - and I, Richard Bloss in the UK - have decided to sponsor the education of 5 homeless Ukraine children.  Without our help,  the children (who are all brothers and sisters)  will be thrown out of their orphanage in Southern Ukraine, and left to fend for themselves. The oldest girl is just 16 years old.

With your help,  we are going to raise €5000.00, which will pay for the education of the oldest girl and she will be able to support her siblings from this. The youngest child is now 5yrs.  All the monies received will be properly accounted for,  and we will make this info available online for you. More important, we will be making available the progress of the children, online, so (if you choose), you can take an active role in seeing where your money is going.

We have chosen to do this, rather than simply send money to a larger charity - because we can make a real difference to five specific and known individuals.  Part of our longer financing  will go towards an invitation to visit the UK, and spend some days at a local Junior School (already agreed in principle).  My personal view is that this will probably be the first chance of normality that these children have had.

You can see more about this, on YouTube, if you click on the following URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WhZpvjmRwY

If you would like to make a donation, please contact:
Richard Bloss or Irina Dinch on +44 1752 264460 - or by email at:  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   or:  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it