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Aug 6, 2006
"He drew a circle that shut me out --
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in." --Edwin Markham
Homeless World Cup
Imagine a World Cup played only by homeless players. Well, it's happening in Cape Town in less than 2 months! Mel Young, social entrepreneur and co-founder of the Homeless World Cup, says, "It creates a different environment. In Edinburgh last year, homeless people were playing football in the same square in which they'd been begging. They'd been spat at, the police had hassled them -- all we did was to put up a stand and say 'let's play football', and all of a sudden the place was full of people cheering instead."
BE THE CHANGE
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