OUR STORIES
Cindy Milor
I grew up without my father. Before the infamous earthquake on the 10th of January 2010, I was living with one of my…
Wilnis Joseph
I’m Wilnis Joseph, I live in Cité Soleil with over 400,000 residents it’s the biggest slum in the Caribbean. My home is one…
Daphnee Charles
I’m the co-founder of asocial enterprise called COCREAD, which stands for Co-creating Development. It’s mission is to boost community entrepreneurship through innovation, art…
Rebeca Cristiny Santos
My name is Rebeca Cristiny and I live in Rio de Janeiro in the Vila Cruzeiro community. Vila Cruzeiro is known for it’s…
Jessica Medeiros
My name is Jessica Medeiros, I was born in Rio de Janeiro in Lixaofavela. I live in a place where there has always been…
Fabio Rondinelle
I have a lot of stories to tell, but I want to share the story that changed my life forever. I entered a…
About Us
With the power of street football Favela Street creates a new generation of strong role models in marginalized communities around the world.
Football is the most popular sport in the world and Favela Street uses the appeal of this sport to connect with the youth. The nature of street football often times exist parallel to the dynamics of life in these underserved neighborhoods, making it a sport that is accessible, easy to learn, has flexible rules and is about having fun with fewer resources. Street football gives the opportunity to experience success and receive appreciation for your skills. The accessible nature ensures that both girls and boys want to participate.
Favela Street offers a program for youngsters to become independent football trainers inside their own neighborhoods by attain the expertise to self-organize activities for their communities. Besides becoming independent football trainers, we provide our role models with educational and employment resources in order to further develop their life skills.
By sharing their experiences, young people are made aware of adopting a positive and constructive attitude, which allows them to become role model for their peers.
Latest news
Champions once again
In 2014 the Favela Street Girls won the prestigious Street Child World Cup in Brazil. Four years later, ahead of the FIFA World Cup…
Peace Prize Football Tournament 2018 by Ekip Favela Street Ayiti
In 2017 the coaches from the Favela Street Haiti project celebrated the completing of the program by organizing the first edition of the Peace…
BBC 100 Women visit Rio project
Back in 2013 Favela Street started with the Favela Street Girls project in the Northern favela’s of Rio (Complexo da Penha). With the…
Video recap Football for Peace
Past June team Favela Street visited Haiti to finalize the project in Cite Soleil. With the celebration phase the local coaches connected with…
Recap Football for Peace in Haiti
Het is inmiddels 2,5 jaar geleden dat we voor het eerst in Haïti rondkeken. Op zoek naar een plek om een nieuw…
Storytelling at HELP
Past June team Favela Street was back on the grind in Port au Prince, Haiti. Besides giving workshops to the coaches we also…
Philip & Rocky in Lesvos
Past February Philip worked for five weeks with the UEFA football project at the Karatepe Refugee-camp in Lesvos. The Movement On The Ground…
Development project Haiti
At the beginning of February Rocky visited the Exchange Students in Port au Prince, Haiti. Purpose of her visit was to evaluate the…
Jongeren raken, inspireren en motiveren met Favela Street Exchange
Sinds vorig jaar geven we met Favela Street Connect lessen op scholen over motivatie, de kracht van een positieve mindset en storytelling. In…
Indrukwekkende expo van favelafoto’s tijdens Exchange Talks
Een stukje favela aan je muur? Fotografe Sabine van Wechem reisde met Favela Street mee naar Rio de Janeiro en legde het rauwe…
Our Team
Read more about Rocky & Philip or check out more about our Board
Philip Veldhuis
Roxanne ‘Rocky’ Hehakaija
Get in touch
Stichting Favela Street Netherlands
Bankastraat 39 II 1094 EB Amsterdam
RSIN: 854765025 | Chamber of Commerce: 62319175
