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Despite compulsory schooling, the development of society in industrial countries has left many children and adolescents without adequate education or access to cultural interests such as the arts or literature. Usually, these neglected individuals grow up in troubled families or in households which lack a supportive atmosphere for learning. If basic skills are not properly acquired in the first two school years, children are likely to be marginalised and grow up illiterate, or “functionally illiterate”. In light of this, the idea emerged that by combining football with supplementary teaching, the motivation to learn could be promoted in children and adolescents from underprivileged backgrounds. The aim is for children and adolescents to learn about social behaviour and communication in a team through football training and to arouse their interest in education and culture through additional lessons and activities. |
Further Development of the Football Meets Culture Project Sports can help children in a personal way by promoting the improvement of school performance, the motivation to learn about cultural matters and the development of social competence. Sports can also contribute significantly towards the integration of immigrants and the socially underprivileged. The success of the LitCam initiative “Soccer Meets Culture” in Frankfurt and its positive consequences should therefore not be limited to one place. Yet a prerequisite for the execution of various worldwide projects is the financing of the costs. In addition to the infrastructure and administrative contributions by the Frankfurt Book Fair and the LitCam partners, approx. 50,000 euros is needed to keep a project going for one year. A sum which must be generated via sponsors. | Football Meets Culture in: |  |
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