Football for Peace: Using Sports to Create a Better World

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Football for Peace (FFP) is a diplomatic sports movement that aims at using the power of sports to harness its potential to unite, and create greater understanding between people, communities and governments. Football for Peace aims at achieving integration of people from diverse background through creating awareness, working at every level from government to community, and holding football peace matches bringing together current and ex-professional footballers and royal patronage to play. Football for Peace was co-founded by Muslim British Pakistani Footballer Kashif Siddiqi along with Chile soccer legend Elias Figueroa.
According to Figueroa, “Sport is a great tool and can be used as a social bridge for education, understanding and cooperation between people, independently of their socio-economic background. The sports community has the power to advance humanity and ensure that families and children can have access to healthcare, education, protection and equality”. The Football for Peace now has the services of many prominent footballers as its ambassadors. The list includes names such as Harry Redknapp, Robbie Savage, and Ally Mc Coist. Through a host of activities, Football for Peace Program has being playing an active role towards the fulfilment of its objectives.