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Compton United’s Field of Dreams, Or Lack Thereof

by Miriti Murungi

Compton United

NWA, I’m shaking my fist at you. You put Compton on the map.  Well played for that, I think.  But years have passed, and your mark on the map is now overshadowing other marks.  What was once the public face of Compton to the masses, or at least the first name yelled in free association, should no longer be.  This isn’t an indictment of what’s in your iPod (or mine), but rather a short plea to allow yourself, ye olde consumers of culture, to be reprogrammed to make room for the new faces of Compton. (more…)

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Football For Change: Colombianitos

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Colombianitos

Colombianitos is a Colombian non-profit created to help child victims of armed conflict in Colombia. Founded in Atlanta by a group of Colombian professionals in 2002, Colombianitos started in one of the poorest parts of Bogota, and has since expanded into four other Colombian cities, Cartegena, Puerto Tejada, Barbosa, Sincelejo, and Medellín.

Through the Colombianitos Football School, the organization uses football to tempt children away from drugs and crime that plague their communities.  (more…)

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Football for Change – Carolina for Kibera

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Carolina for Kibera

Not too far from Nairobi’s City Centre lies Kibera, the second largest slum in Africa.  Unfortunately, it has been incredibly difficult to accurately determine the number of residents in large slums across the developing world.  The estimate is that Kibera houses anywhere from 600,000 to 1.2 million residents (and I use the term “houses” loosely) in a space of approximately 2.5 square kilometers (or 1.5 square miles). As a side note, Map Kibera (www.mapkibera.org) is an interesting new project in Kibera to start to map the area and start to provide some order in a relatively chaotic area.  That this project is necessary in a place with the population of many major cities attests to the level of disorganization that ails slums in developing nations.

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Football for Change – Grassroot Soccer

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Grassroot Soccer

Every week in Football for Change, Nutmeg Radio will highlight the work being done by organizations across the globe using soccer to promote development.  This week we focus on Grassroot Soccer (GRS), a charitable organization that uses soccer as a tool to fight HIV and AIDS in Africa.  GRS targets and trains African soccer stars, coaches, teachers, and peer educators in a specialized curriculum to deliver an interactive HIV prevention and life skills curriculum to youth.  To date, GRS has educated over 270,000 kids and has no plans to stop.

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Football for Change is a feature in which Nutmeg Radio highlights work being done by organizations across the globe using soccer to promote development.

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