First match Africa Peace Cup

Picture deep Africa. Summer 2008. A vibrating savanna just before sundown. Indigenous tribes and kids in wheelchairs gathered around a sandy football pit. Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, George Weah, Abedi 'Pele' Ayew, Alpha Oumar Konaréy, Zinédine Zidane, Miriam Makeba, Youssou N'dour, Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Sepp Blatter, Ruud Gullit, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Lansana Conté, Thabo Mbeki, Olusegun Obasanjo, John Kufour and Gerry John Rawlings are present and take a seat. In the arena, 22 sweating star players from Africa and Europe or the USA, ready to kick-off for the "Match for Peace". The referee whistles and drums start talking. For the coming two hours there will be peace all over Africa, whitnessed by the rest of the world. Passion and Peace in the rural areas of Africa while people listen to live radio-reports and others watch the game on television.

And the 2008 Africa Peace Cup goes to ...!

That's the setting of a "back-to-basics" pilot-game for Peace in Africa. A sports-event that brings people together and shows the victims of wars in Africa that the world didn't forget them. It will bring hope and relief to a continent that is almost forgotten by the western world. But there is more to come. Not just a match, not just television coverage and media attention but also fund for the future, financed by companies and other sponsors who are proud to be associated with this good cause. Fund for a balanced education program for innocent young people who are direct victims of stupid wars. Education brings skills and skills bring jobs and jobs means future. That is where its all about. The future of Africa: an obligation to all of us, so join our Force of Peace.

"THE AFRICA FOOTBALL ACADEMY (AFA) developed a far reaching plan to locate and scout the ‘cream of young Africa football’ in the places where they live and play, and take them to school to practice and educate them so that one day they can take off for a bride future in European and United Arab Emirates leagues to develop competitive skills in a run-up to the AFRICA PEACE CUP 2008 and the 2010 World Cup Football in South Africa. Only the very best can make it to the top!”