Fit on the ball Africa
Fit am Ball Africa is a "dribble donation record" and Germany's largest scientific project to promote school sports . The aim was to dribble a donation of 1 million euros by the 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa on June 11, 2010 . The dribble donations will benefit school and educational projects in 13 African countries.
In 2011 Fit am Ball will go into the next round, the motto this year is "Children in Germany dribble for children in Africa". More and more girls and women are enthusiastic about football. The 2011 soccer World Cup for women in Germany will bring this interest further into the public eye. That is why “Fit am Ball 2011” is also about a new and separate game methodology and sports game didactics, with which girls in voluntary sports groups can be given special support. At the end of the project phase, it should be clear what profit girls and boys can get from playing football together. In addition, donations are being collected for African school projects.
Many prominent athletes, well-known personalities and top sports clubs support “Fit am Ball”. Among other internationals Lukas Podolski and Bastian Schweinsteiger or the former manager of the football team of Bayer 04 Leverkusen Reiner Calmund . In line with the soccer World Cup for women in Germany, national players Sonja Fuss , Inka Grings and the head of the Women's World Cup, Steffi Jones, also support the project.
In addition, the “Fit am Ball” sustainability conference FABCON, which takes place annually at the German Sport University in Cologne, exists to secure annual results and further develop the “Fit am Ball” idea. Participants at FABCON 2011 included Gabriele Rath from project partner Misereor and Eva-Maria Hertkens from UNICEF as well as the sociologist Ulrich Oevermann from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main .
history
Fit am Ball Africa emerged from a scientific project to promote school sport initiated by the German Sport University in Cologne . Since 2003, voluntary school sports groups have been set up and supported in over 1,500 schools.
In 2008 the dribbling world record "Fit am Ball 3000" was the focus of the project. More than 4,000 schoolchildren dribbled a ball over 3,000 kilometers as an uninterrupted relay through Germany. The spectacular, 100-day campaign was certified as an official "Guinness World Record" before the opening game of the European Football Championship in Basel on June 7, 2008.
The activity for more enjoyment of regular exercise and for more team spirit and solidarity in the school is initiated and financed by the Cologne-based potato chips and snacks manufacturer Intersnack .
donate
The dribble donations will benefit school and educational projects in 13 African countries. The project partners Misereor and Unicef vouch for the orderly and transparent processing . “Fit am Ball Africa” is supported by the German Sport University Cologne with further training for teachers, special handouts, organizational aids and teaching materials for schools and children. Contacts to schools and educational institutions in Africa are established; The focus is therefore not only on a record amount of donations, achieved through voluntary school sport, but also, under the motto "Friends wanted!", above all the goal of sustainable partnerships between German "Fit am Ball" schools as well as schools and educational projects in Africa.
supporter
- Main sponsor and project management: Funny-frisch , German Sport University Cologne
- Co-sponsor: Garmin
- Sports clubs (among others): 1. FC Kaiserslautern , 1. FC Cologne , TSV 1860 Munich , FC Schalke 04 , Dynamo Dresden , Borussia Dortmund , TSG 1899 Hoffenheim , Hamburger SV , MSV Duisburg , VfL Wolfsburg , Hertha BSC .
- Prominent personalities (including): Bastian Schweinsteiger , Lukas Podolski , Steffi Jones , Inka Grings , Sonja Fuss , Jürgen Roters (Cologne Mayor), Reiner Calmund , Monika Staab (former national player, now internationally active for FIFA) and Marlyse Bernadette Ngo Ndoumbouk ( Player at FF USV Jena).
- Other facilities (including): Allwetterzoo Münster , Phantasialand Brühl near Cologne, Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen, Zoo Cologne , Zoo Duisburg , Zoo Erfurt , Safariland Stukenbrock , the music band Mama Afrika and the German Youth Hostel Association .
The distance
“Fit am Ball Africa” currently supports 18 aid projects in 13 African countries. If you connect the projects from Cairo in Egypt to Cape Town in South Africa with a line, the result is an imaginary route that runs around 16,000 kilometers from north to south across Africa.
As part of the dribble charity runs, the participants in “Fit am Ball Africa” covered this distance in Germany, so to speak, “virtually” on their way to the world record.