April 24th, 2011 @Manila
“Jeepney” applied for grants of Staubucks and got 5000 US dollars for its street soccer program (SSP). Their SSP is some of the former Homeless World Cup players teach street childen how to play soccer (http://www.homelessworldcup.org/). 200 kids from 10 to 16 years old get together for the practice, twice a week.
Since Team Jeepney will join the Homeless World Cup in Paris this August, they have been held try-outs all over Philippines. Decision will be made in May 21st and 8 players are honored to join this world event.
On the Easter, there was a PR event of Jeepney at a stylish mall in Eastwood. One of the players, Hammid joined last year’s Homeless World Cup in Rio De Janeiro. “Among 11 games, we only lost 3 games, which were versus Brazil, Chile, and Italy,” boasted his experience. Before selling Jeepney, he had been working as tricycle drivers in his home town, Laguna. “After I began playing futsal, I have a dream, which is becoming a professional football player!”