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Worlds Street Kids Have Their Own World Cup in South Africa
Child welfare groups from across the globe brought to Durban teams from Brazil, England, India, Nicaragua, Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania and Ukraine.
It's the first event of its kind, aiming to grab the football spotlight to give the children a platform to speak about the poverty and violence they face on the streets.
"I represent most of the kids who are on the streets. Because our street kids voice is not heard amongst the people so, we are trying to do that," said Ashley Vincent, on the South African team.
He ran away from his family in Johannesburg and made his way to Durban,s warm coast, where he begs on the sidewalks to survive.
In Durban, street kids complain that police regularly round them up and take them to a poorly equipped centre outside the city.
"They're rounding up kids every single day because of 2010," said Tom Hewitt, founder of Umthombo, a group that works with street kids in Durban.
"Street children are not the image people want to see," he said.
Police deny that they're targeting the estimated 400 street kids in Durban to clean up the city for the World Cup, but say they do intervene when they receive complaints.
"They sleep outside, in front of people's houses. At night, they become a problem," said police spokeswoman Joyce Khuzwayo.
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