Khoula Harbaoui: “Child Protection is hard work”
In Tunisia, a team of young volunteers, psychologists, sociologists and physical health teachers have changed the pedagogical perception on working with at-risk youth and kids, as a means to empower…
Ayoub: “Cross Cultures education will help me achieve it.”
This article is based on an interview with Ayoub Regragui, a Moroccan returnee. Ayoub is a young Moroccan, born in 1995 in Casablanca, Morocco. At the moment of writing, he…
Tunisia: Marwen focuses on school drop-out’s
In a world where success is measured in hard facts and results weighed in KPI’s, a handful of youth in the MENA-region proves these generalizations wrong. A story to prove…
Moldova: Sum-up of OFFS September ‘21
From 6th to 29th September 2021 the Open Fun Football Schools was attended by 156 coaches, 144 assistants (volunteers), 36 police representatives, 12 community social workers, 2200 children (6-10 years…
Moldova: A perfect September
More than 2400 kids from 12 different regions all around Moldova have participated in Open Fun Football Schools this month. Through a big focus on football for all, gender equality,…
A great “connection” between Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia
"I asked our colleagues from Tunisia and Jordan to not quit the Zoom-connection, and wait, watch and listen to us singing a Moroccan song. Once our group in Casablanca started…
Jordan: Testimony from the field
Only 300m from the Syrian border, where resources are scarce, where freshwater is something only delivered by truck, football is played in dusty and stony desert fields, and smiles are…
Morocco: Football and Social Innovation Hackathon
"Football and Social Innovation Hackathon" was able to bring together young people with project ideas in sport, civil society actors, and the ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation. The main objective…
Ukraine: 29 communities have already joined the project
The first results of the "Open Fun Football Schools": 29 communities have already joined the project. This season the “Open Fun Football Schools” project was held in a new format,…
Cross Cultures organizes a “Vaccination Day” for Tunisian athletes
In the last few weeks, with the rise of the Delta variant across the world, Tunisia has been gripped by another COVID-19 surge. It is now the country with the…