Ofelia de Pablo

67the_other_world_Cup64the_other_world_CupAfrica. South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg. Girls playing soccer trying to be out of misery thanks to their skill.  Date. 12.05.2009 36MB. Copyright: Ofelia de Pablo/ Javier Zurita60the_other_world_Cup56the_other_world_Cup50the_other_world_Cup48the_other_world_Cup47the_other_world_Cup46the_other_world_Cup45the_other_world_CupAfrica. South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg. Children playing soccer in what was a dumping place now refurbished as a soccer field near Mandela´s wall. Soweto Township.  Date. 12.05.2009 36MB. Copyright: Ofelia de Pablo/ Javier Zurita39the_other_world_Cup28the_other_world_Cup35the_other_world_Cup34the_other_world_Cup26the_other_world_Cup24the_other_world_Cup22the_other_world_Cup21the_other_world_Cup19the_other_world_Cup17the_other_world_Cup15the_other_world_Cup11the_other_world_Cup10the_other_world_Cup09the_other_world_Cup08the_other_world_Cup07the_other_world_Cup06the_other_world_Cup04the_other_world_Cup03the_other_world_Cup01the_other_world_Cup

SOUTH AFRICA: Football for Hope

The greatest show in the world took  place in Africa. The Rainbow Nation, as Desmond Tutu described South Africa, hosted the  World Cup in 2010. But when the lights went down and all the media went away there is another world cup. One which is played in the dirt roads of the poorest shanty towns on the planet, whose inhabitants want to raise their voices. They still live under segregation despite the end of Apartheid, and  poverty continues to define their lives, but, thanks to football, they have found hope.