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One Voice: Deloitte Street Child World Cup at the Foundling Museum

14 September - 9 October 2010

Millions of vulnerable and marginalised children throughout the world currently live on the streets. Deloitte Street Child World Cup (DSCWC) aims to give these forgotten children a voice and to campaign for their rights. No child should be forced to live on the streets.

The Foundling Museum will be hosting One Voice: Deloitte Street Child World Cup at the Foundling Museum, an exhibition of artwork created and inspired by street children. An interactive and engaging exhibition, it aims to raise awareness of the pligt of street children whilst bringing the spirit of DSCWC to the UK.

How did the DSCWC come about?

Durban, South Africa: Street Children from eight countries came together in March 2010 to find their voices through the global language of a game they love. Through partner organisation Momentum Arts, the children were provided the opportunity to tell their stories in new and creative ways.

Led by the children themselves, the Deloitte Street Child World Cup began the process of forming a global Street Child Manifesto. Together, they called for street children’s rights to a full, healthy, dignified life, as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), to be upheld.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: " I know The Street Child World Cup demonstrates the tremendous potential of every single child, and especially street children, who are so often treated as less than human. I urge all governments to guarantee the rights of this most marginalised group of their citizens to lives in which their promise is fulfilled"

For further information please go to streetchildworldcup.org

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