To celebrate the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the Football Foundation and Dibanisa e.V. are hosting the Foundation Cup in Gansbaai for aspirant young teams!

As part of our daily training and education programme at the Gansbaai Sports Centre, the focus of the tournament will be to give the children a chance to compete as a team and to learn about the various countries participating in the World Cup. The children will be creating flags and each team will represent one of the countries participating in the World Cup.

Come and join the children, coaches, volunteers and supporters in celebrating this historical event in Africa! Come and see what kind of difference this event will make in such small and rural communities in South Africa!

• 16 teams: 8 u/13 & 8 u/15 teams,

• Each representing one of the World Cup teams,

• Competing for the Foundation Cup trophy!

• Prizes awarded to the best players, goal scorers, goalkeepers & most disciplined players, as well as a lucky draw!

As part of the Football Foundation’s & Dibanisa e.V. education programme, SolarWorld AG is equipping the Gansbaai Communal Sports Centre with a Sun TV station. This will enable the youngsters to gain access to television transmissions and to modern media. The stations to be sponsored and installed by SolarWorld AG will in addition to the solar modules, batteries and charging devices for the power supply be equipped with a DVD player and a television set with satellite receiver.

In addition to the Community Viewing, it is designed to promote a community spirit in Gansbaai. Through the Dibanisa programme, the media will mainly focus on education, social integration and environmental awareness. In addition, the climate-friendly power supply of the Sun TV station is designed to make the children and young people in Gansbaai aware of the necessities and opportunities of climate protection.

The lucky winners Juliane Blaas and Andreas Ramp.

The Soccer World Cup is up and running and two supporters of our Dibanisa Development Project will be part of it in South Africa. The married couple Juliane Blaas and Andreas Ramp are the lucky winners of the Continental AG lottery. They won a three-day World Cup trip to Johannesburg. Congratulations at this point!

At our Dibanisa informational evenings in Stuttgart and Cologne the guests had the opportunity to sponsor a piece of lawn and obtained in return the chance to attend the World Cup ticket lottery of the FIFA sponsor Continental. Nina who made the lucky draw had the right touch for two people from Stuttgart. The married couple Juliane Blaas and Andreas Ramp (Hair Ramp Stuttgart) are the winners and they were more than excited about the good news.

You guys must have fun at the Brasil match and enjoy a great trip and experiences in South Africa!

After months of stringent preparation and organisation the Soccer Tournament of the Football Foundation of South Africa and Dibanisa e.V. kicked off on Saturday 29^th May and was a massive success from start to finish.

Less than two weeks before South Africa’s big kick off, 18 teams (U13 and U15) travelled far and wide to the Gansbaai Communal Sports Centre to attend this big tournament. After a week of dismal weather in the Western Cape, the sun shone on Gansbaai, accompanied with music, flags, face painting and a passionate diski dance but it was the children who were the shining light after a full day‘s competition.

GG U13’s and Young Rangers U15’s ( both from Hermanus) ran out winners of the respective competitions and happily received their prizes from the head coach of the Football Foundation in the venue‘s clubhouse next to the brand new solar powered television kindly donated by Solarworld, where the kids will soon be cheering on Bafana Bafana during the World Cup!

The launch of the SolarWorld Sun TV was also a success and the children were able to watch the Super 14 final in the clubhouse! The Sun TV will be used for community viewing during the World Cup, and for educational purposes in partnership with Dibanisa.

FFSA would like to thank all the teams, press, supporters, volunteers and sponsors for making this day such a big success.  The day exceeded everyone’s expectations and we have decided to make this an annual event commemorating the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

A special thanks to our tournament sponsors without whom the day would not have been possible: Marine Dynamics and prize sponsors: Mitre, Nike, Shark Diving Unlimited & Sportzone.