Football for Peace

It is with great excitement that Plan Canada, in partnership with the National Women's Soccer team, announces the team's support of the Because I am a Girl initiative.

The team is demonstrating their commitment to girl's issues and rights by wearing magenta, (the Because I am a Girl pink) headbands and shoelaces on the field.

The team is also fundraising to support equal access to sport programs for girls in Colombia. The project is called Football for Peace. Football is used as a way to teach tolerance, reconciliation and mutual respect in a country afflicted by almost five years of civil war. It has been shown that sport leads to real change, particularly in the area of girl's education, both getting and keeping girls in school. In the communities where Football for Peace has been implemented, the number of violent gangs has diminished significantly, girls have gained self esteem and life skills and the community at large is more respectful of their rights.

You can help The Canadian Women's Soccer Team make this fundraising dream a reality by making a $25 donation which will help to open the doors for youth to realize their true potential.