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Street Child United plans to use 2026 World Cup to secure IDs, education and protection for street children
Summary
John Rowe, founder and chief executive of Street Child United, described how the charity will leverage the 2026 FIFA World Cup and its Football for the Goals partnership to pursue birth registration, identity documents, education places and leadership programs for street children worldwide.
John Rowe, founder and chief executive of Street Child United, told meeting attendees that the charity will use the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America to press for identity documents, education access, protection from violence and gender equality for street children.
Rowe said Street Child United joined the Football for the Goals initiative in 2022 to "amplify the voices of the young people that we serve," and described the group’s strategy of staging a Street Child World Cup alongside FIFA tournaments to draw attention to those children's four demands: identity, access to education, protection from violence and gender equality.
The plan for 2026, Rowe said, includes bringing 12 girls’ teams and 12 boys’ teams to the Street Child World Cup, creating 101…
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