Zech 8:5 “The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

This is our prayer that the new Jerusalem would be filled with boys and girls from Senegal, Talibe’s and beggars and that they would be among a great multitude of other children too.

Street children here in Senegal do play, they may kick a bottle or a plastic bag as a football, or perhaps play a game with a stone. However play is a seldom experience for street children and Talibe’s in Senegal. Street life and that of a Talibe puts other demands on children to survive or to avoid abuse.

So here we have a hope that childhood can be restored for these children. We also see that play is valued by God as the activity of children. Many psychologists would agree play is indeed a child’s world and language. Through play they perceive and understand the world, and I would add God too. In the city where God dwells Talibe’s and street children will play.

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“Sometimes it is hell on the streets but when I play football I feel as if I am in heaven.”Thamires, Brazil

Street Child World Cup is hosting the Big City Sleep Challenge in London on the 23rd March. They’re asking supporters to spend a night sleeping rough to raise money for SCWC 2014 which will take place in Brazil.

There will be live Brazilian entertainment, a meal voucher for all sleepers and a chance to find out more about the Street Child World Cup.

You can find out all the details on the SCWC website or you can download a Big City Sleep form here, fill it out and send it to:katie@streetchildworldcup.org.

This is more than a game, no chi