Germany
ANSTOSS! E.V.
Founded in 2006, Anstoß! e.V formalised the organisation of the German team for the Homeless World Cup, which had previously been brought together by a group of streetpapers.
After receiving funding from Aktion Mensch between 2010-2013, Anstoß! e.V was able to build their national network for social football activities, which today is still the basis of the network of German street football.
As part of their main activities, Anstoß! e.V brings representation of social sport activities to the media and their official partners and club football. This includes the coordination of regional street-leagues, organisation of national championships, and HWC participation. Anstoß! e.V is also dedicated to developing new structures of social sports and collaborating with academic research and professional social work.
Anstoß! e.V works in cooperation with FC St. Pauli – Hamburg, with the club supporting street football activities in Hamburg, as well as supporting the German championship.
PARTICIPANTS
Men and women 16 years and older.
People affected by the various forms of homelessness, clients of drug help facilities, people living in refugee shelters, clients of probation centers and offender assistance, people living in social isolation.
LOCATIONS
Bavaria, mainly Nuremberg and Munic/ Hessen, mainly Wiesbaden/Niedesachsen, mainly Bremen and Oldenburg/ Schleswig Holstein and Hamburg, mainly Kiel and Hamburg.
Country statistics
6 out of 189 in Human Development Index rating (UNDP, 2019)
$47,060 Average annual salary per person (World Bank, 2021)
14.8% of people living under the national poverty line (UNDP, 2019)
Germany has a population of 79.9 million and has the fifth largest economy in the world. It is in Western Europe and borders Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland.
Germany is the most populated country in Europe, the capital of Berlin has the largest population of all the cities, but generally the population is fairly evenly distributed throughout most of the country (CIA Factbook, 2019).
Germany’s social welfare system has felt increasing pressure as there has been a large increase in immigration (CIA Factbook, 2019). At the end of 2019, Germany reported about 1.15 million refugees and 309,000 asylum seekers, making it the biggest host country for refugees in Europe. Half of the refugees are from Syria (UNHCR, 2021).
The incoming German government led by the Social Democrats has pledged to end homelessness in the country by 2030.
As of 2018, there were more than 678,000 people without a home, which includes 441,000 refugees and 19,000 children. But people working in the area, think these numbers are conservative and suggest that 200,000 people alone could be in precarious housing situations in Berlin. (DW, 2021)
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