The dream that started from OFFS
In 1957, the brothers Gigla and Guram Surmava founded F.K. Salkhino in a small town called Martvili. 55 years later their grandson Jesi Surmava carried out an amazing project in the small village Sergieti, where the village’s inhabitant is around 900 families. He established a football academy in the country, and this year he was […]
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Cross Cultures Georgia fights back
This story is written by Mamuka Kvaratskhelia, regional coordinator for the Open Fun Football schools programme in Georgia. In January 2020 the Georgian Football Federation and Cross Cultures composed and scheduled the activities for the coming year; all Caucasus partner countries should participate in a 3-day leadership seminar in Batumi and 13 Open Fun Football […]
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Preventing and responding to sexual harassment in sports
On the 21st of November Cross Cultures conducted an advanced training and lessons learned seminar on the topic of Safeguarding children in sports. Coaches and safeguarding focal points from Jordan and Tunisia participated in the seminar along with Hanne Lund Madsen, Global programme director and safeguarding focal point for Cross Cultures. The advanced seminar discussed […]
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South Sudan conducts 3 days coach seminar and childrens festival
Cross Cultures has, in partnership with the South Sudan Football Association, implemented the Open Fun Football Schools project and Youth on Economic Aspects of Business project in South Sudan and on the 26-10-20 conducted a three days coach seminar and children’s festival in Torit. In total, 50 coaches and 160 children aged 6-12 participated in […]
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Continuing the Open Fun Football Schools in Ukraine
During this season of Open Fun Football Schools, there have been ongoing challenges regarding Covid-19 and restrictions. However, this September, Cross Cultures Ukraine arranged 4 Open Fun Football School-festivals to benefit the children. All necessary precautions and restrictions were taken into consideration, following both Cross Cultures Corona-guidelines and the local guidelines in the 3 regions: […]
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Gathering youths virtually across borders
As we are facing challenges in fulfilling our vision of “bringing people together” physically due to the corona situation, the parnership consortium under the Cross Cultures Project Association umbrella, has developed new ways of organising our activities. Cross Cultures partner organizations from Serbia, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro, are organizing the YOUTH DEMOCRACY DIALOGUE PLATFORM project, […]
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Volunteers start training at OFFS in Ukraine
On August 17, a training seminar with volunteers at the Open Fun Football Schools was held in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. The program helps, among others, internally displaced children (IDP) from Donbass and Crimea, with the support of the European Union. On August 17 to 23 further 3 seminars were held where representatives from 9 regions (Donetsk, […]
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Training for 48 volunteer leaders and coaches of the OFFS project in Moldova
From 10 to 14 August 2020, 48 volunteer leaders and coaches from the Open Fun Football Schools in Moldova participated in two seminars, organised in cooperation with the Moldovan Football Federation, Cross Cultures, General Police Inspectorate of the Republic of Moldova and Terre des hommes Moldova. The Open Fun Football School (OFFS) programme aims to create a sense of togetherness […]
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Cross Cultures contributes to global webinar on Safeguarding Children in Sport
“Our approach is bottom-up and engaging the voluntary coaches as well as parents, schools, communities and national protection bodies in safeguarding children in sport and beyond” During the global webinar on Safeguarding Children in Sport organised by UNICEF UK and StreetFootballWorld the operational experiences and approaches on safeguarding children were presented by Hanne Lund Madsen, […]
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Rethinking the Open Fun Football Schools in Georgia
The Open Fun Football Schools (OFFS) season has started in Georgia and is functioning according to the Corona guidelines. Normally an OFFS has 200 kids playing in 12 groups on 1 pitch. As this is not possible at the moment, Cross Cultures Georgia have come up with a way to break the football school into […]
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