Team Nigeria Unveiled
Posted by Nigeria - 03/09/2009
Nigeria
Team Nigeria is organised by Search and Groom. They began the street soccer programme in 2004 operating from Lagos and reaching communities Ajegunle, Abesan, Agege, Ikeja and Ibadan and Ikorodu. They involve 110 teams with 1320 street youths who are homeless and addressing drug rehabilitation. The uniqueness of the Nigerian Street Soccer League for Social Inclusion is that all participants in this league must contribute to their community by rendering community service such as traffic control, cleaning of the environment & assisting elderly people in their locality. Final Position: Milan 2009 - 4th; Melbourne 2008 - 10th; Copenhagen 2007 - 5th; Cape Town 2006 - 8th
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Unveiling Nigeria's official jersey
Group photograph with Julius Ijeh
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OLAMIJU JOSEPH UNVEILED AS NIGERIAN TEAM COACH FOR THE 2009 HOMELESS WORLD CUP
Posted by Nigeria - 09/05/2009
Search and Groom Youth for development centre has unveiled Olamiju Joseph as the Nigerian team coach to this year’s edition of the Homeless World Cup to be held in Milan, Italy.
Gearing up for Nigeria Cup finals in July
Posted by Nigeria - 02/07/2008
In preparation for Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup Street Soccer League Cup (SSLC) Preliminary matches are going on in all Search and Groom project centers to choose teams that will qualify for the Street Soccer League Cup (SSLC). Finals which will take place in July at AstroTURF, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Nigeria Partner: Search & Groom
Posted by Nigeria - 18/03/2008
To clarify any local confusion, Search and Groom is the designated partner of the Homeless World Cup in Nigeria responsible for engaging people who are homeless in changing their lives for the better through football.
