A tribute for Ljupco
Today I received the sad news of Ljupco’s sudden and premature death. It came like a bolt from the blue, and with Ljubco’s death, the Open Fun Football School program has lost a great friend and a personality – one of the people who has always contributed positively to our community and our common program […]
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Open Fun Football Schools + SSP continues in Moldova
Cross Cultures and the Moldovan Football Federation have agreed on a new collaboration implementing the Open Fun Football Schools + School Sport Police project in Moldova from 2021-2023 with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The primary objective of the project is to contribute to the promotion of inter and intra-community relations and […]
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The start of our new education programme in Tunisia and Morocco
In the beginning of the year, Cross Cultures looked into restructuring our education programme to create a more coherent education that could provide more structure and learning so the participants could gain more advanced competencies for their current or future employment. As Cross Cultures recently received a TIBU Sport-4-development award in the category “Best Sport […]
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Cross Cultures recieves award for education programme
Yesterday, Cross Cultures received a TIBU Sport-4-development award in the category “Best Sport and Education Program in Africa 2020-21”. The founder and director of Cross Cultures, Anders Levinsen, writes: I Am proud to receive the TIBU Sport-4-Development Award for the “Best Educational program in Africa 2020-21”. Thank you to Tibu and the honorary […]
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Looking back at 2020 – challenges and results
2020 has been a very unusual and challenging year for Cross Cultures due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, and it has impacted the association’s activities and basic idea at all levels. Originally, the year began as planned. In March 2020, however, the Covid-19 pandemic led to a wave of draconian restrictions and lockdowns around the […]
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Children’s inter-zone festival in South Sudan
Cross Cultures Project Association has, in partnership with The South Sudan Football Association, conducted a 4 days’ children inter-zone festival in Juba and Torit. The festival started on 29/01/2021 in Torit and 30/1/2021 in Juba targeting 480 children of 6-14 years, from the 8 blocks of Nyong Payam of Torit County and Juba Payam of […]
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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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