April 2010 - The Boys' Brigade

59th BIRMINGHAM
BB COMPANY supports
On Sunday morning 16th
January a service was led by
boys of the 59th Birmingham
Company at its church, Quinton
Methodist, in conjunction with the
church’s Alternative Worship Group.
The service was prepared
after a series of classes on worship
and how a modern service might
look from the position of street
children. The boys of the Company
wanted to do more so on the evening
of Friday 29th January through
until the morning of Saturday 30th
January, they took part in a 12-hour
sponsored football event at the
Church to raise money to support
the Deloitte Street Child World Cup.
Nineteen boys played football in stints
throughout the night. All monies raised
will go directly to help 80 street children
from four continents to take part in the
Street Child World Cup. This is a brand
new international sporting event to
raise awareness of and build a better
future for the hundreds of thousands
of street children across the world and
59th Birmingham Company wanted to
do its bit to support the event. With the
last sponsorships coming in it looks
as if £1,000 will have been raised. The
highest scorer of the night was Dan
Houten who scored a grand total of 120
goals in 12 hours. Final score between
the two sides was 386-358! Furthermore,
the 59th has now also got local football
club West Bromwich Albion excited by
the project. Chris Wood, West Bromwich
Albion and New Zealand international
football staff presented two signed
WBA shirts, which will be auctioned,
along with other donations from local
businesses, at an open morning which
it is hoped will also help recruitment in
the company.
The Deloitte Street Child World Cup was
officially launched in London last November.
“The Street Child World Cup and its
legacy is not only wonderful news
for Umthombo and street children in
South Africa, but also for street children
from across the world. I am proud to
be a part of this campaign.”
Biza Madolo – Former street child
and coach of South African team
The inaugural Deloitte Street Child
World Cup took place in Durban, South
Africa, from 13-22 March 2010 and
played host to eighty disadvantaged
children from four continents. The
7-a-side football tournament provided
a platform for the youngsters to launch
a campaign for the right of all street
children to a full, healthy and dignified
life, as well as providing a curtain raiser
to the 2010 South Africa World Cup.
The inaugural Deloitte Street Child
World Cup, organised by a network of
NGOs and voluntary groups, led by the
Amos Trust, brought together children
from Brazil, India, Nicaragua, the
Philippines, South Africa, UK, Ukraine
and Tanzania.
The tournament had the backing
of leading international politicians,
dignitaries and football figures.
Further details are available about
the Street Child World Cup at
http://streetchildworldcup.org/
April 2010 The Boys’ Brigade Gazette 55