In many rural communities, the long-standing issues of unmet basic needs and financial hardship have overshadowed the importance of youth development. With high school dropout rates and lack of facilities or activities to occupy their time, these youth will miss out on the chance to learn and gain essential life skills.
Through sports, we aim to promote healthy development and cultivate positive values. It is a good way to spend their time and decreases the risk of them being involved in unhealthy activities. As sports are a team and social activity, the youth will benefit from learning skills like teamwork, self-confidence, and communication.
When given special attention and room to grow, the indigenous youth can become the pillars of hope for their community. We believe that they are valuable assets that can lift their community out of poverty given the right opportunities and development pathways.
In many rural communities, the long-standing issues of unmet basic needs and financial hardship have overshadowed the importance of youth development. With high school dropout rates and lack of facilities or activities to occupy their time, these youth will miss out on the chance to learn and gain essential life skills.
Through sports, we aim to promote healthy development and cultivate positive values. It is a good way to spend their time and decreases the risk of them being involved in unhealthy activities. As sports are a team and social activity, the youth will benefit from learning skills like teamwork, self-confidence, and communication.
When given special attention and room to grow, the indigenous youth can become the pillars of hope for their community. We believe that they are valuable assets that can lift their community out of poverty given the right opportunities and development pathways.
In many rural communities, the long-standing issues of unmet basic needs and financial hardship have overshadowed the importance of youth development. With high school dropout rates and lack of facilities or activities to occupy their time, these youth will miss out on the chance to learn and gain essential life skills.
Through sports, we aim to promote healthy development and cultivate positive values. It is a good way to spend their time and decreases the risk of them being involved in unhealthy activities. As sports are a team and social activity, the youth will benefit from learning skills like teamwork, self-confidence, and communication.
When given special attention and room to grow, the indigenous youth can become the pillars of hope for their community. We believe that they are valuable assets that can lift their community out of poverty given the right opportunities and development pathways.
In many rural communities, the long-standing issues of unmet basic needs and financial hardship have overshadowed the importance of youth development. With high school dropout rates and lack of facilities or activities to occupy their time, these youth will miss out on the chance to learn and gain essential life skills.
Through sports, we aim to promote healthy development and cultivate positive values. It is a good way to spend their time and decreases the risk of them being involved in unhealthy activities. As sports are a team and social activity, the youth will benefit from learning skills like teamwork, self-confidence, and communication.
When given special attention and room to grow, the indigenous youth can become the pillars of hope for their community. We believe that they are valuable assets that can lift their community out of poverty given the right opportunities and development pathways.
It’s almost been a year since we started Midnight Football in Serian, Sarawak. We sat down with our team of facilitators for Midnight Football’s 2nd Leadership Camp to hear their thoughts on the youths’ progression. Midnight Football is a year-long character-building programme that aims to empower less-advantaged youth through football and leadership training. This Midnight…
James is a promising young footballer who struggles with self-confidence. Through Midnight Football, James learned to find his confidence in himself.
60 youths from Sarawak selected for one-year three-month youth football empowerment programme Bau, 15 August 2019 – Sixteen-year-old Xavier Casly dreams of becoming a professional footballer to make his family and nation proud. Hailing from Plaman Nyabet village in Sarawak, the Bidayuh youngster did not have an easy start into football. “I first became interested…
The Midnight Football Tournament provided an opportunity for Serian district’s youths to showcase their football talents, but it also brought out the best in them with regards to sportsmanship, respect, and responsibility. “What is success? It isn’t only about winning but playing in a certain way.”—Kevin Keegan (former football player) Nine teams, three days, and…
Brandon volunteered with us for the Midnight Football camp held in Sumiran at the end of March. A final year student from Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak, he challenged himself to try something out of his comfort zone —volunteering—to grow himself as a person and learn more about other people. The Midnight Football camp is…
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. – Thomas Meeha. Sometimes it’s hard to say goodbye to the person who taught you a lot, in the ways that you can never imagine, not to say you depend on someone so much, but when you feel all alone, left out…
Midnight Football “Off the Street, On the Ball” A Live-Changing Journey for Youngsters The third batch of young participants from ‘Midnight Football’ celebrated their completion of the 8-month long program with a “Championship Tournament and Closing Ceremony” at the futsal court at Sri Selangor Flats in Jalan Loke Yew, Kuala Lumpur recently. 50 youngsters from…
Hey there, how are you? I assume you are in good health, so then how’s life? Tough? Feeling like you just want to give up because things don’t seem to work well? Have you tried trying? Which then you tend to fail and you try again and yes more failure and you start blaming on…
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure‐ Oprah Winfrey. It’s not the end of the world if you show poor performance in your studies and of course not the end of your life if people neglected you and stay a distance since they…
Date: 16-18 August 2013 | Venue: Broga Hills, Semenyih 30 youngsters from the 3rd edition of the Midnight Football (MF) project were taken for a thrilling and eventful weekend by GPF Malaysia recently for the MF Leadership Camp. Another 6 senior participants from the previous edition of MF also took part in the program. The…
Midnight Football 3rd Edition has reached its highlight as a first half MF Tournament 2013 was held on 24th of August 2013. The tournament marked the first futsal debut for the participants after more than four months training. Bandar Baru Sentul Hall has witnessed the energetic and remarkable matches between four boys’ teams; Courage, Faith, Dream Big and…
Date: 16-18 August 2013 | Venue: Broga Hills, Semenyih 30 youngsters from the 3rd edition of the Midnight Football (MF) project were taken for a thrilling and eventful weekend by GPF Malaysia recently for the MF Leadership Camp. Another 6 senior participants from the previous edition of MF also took part in the program. The…
3 August 2013 marked an unforgettable day to all the young participants of Midnight Football (MF) – many of them were overjoyed; it was their first time going to a theme park and their first experience of dining in a hotel. This fun-filled and memorable trip was made possible by Resorts World Genting, the Department…
Bringing parents and children together… 30 June 2013 marks a special Sunday for the participants of the 3rd edition of Midnight Football (MF) as they invited their parents along to join the ‘MF Parents Workshop’. Alice Cornwell Neowcharurn, Director of Midnight Football program kick started the workshop with an introduction to MF’s background and purposes. She also presented a video compilation of…
The youngsters of GPF Malaysia’s Midnight Football program were in joy and delight when they received sports goodies kindly sponsored by FiGOS recently during one of their football training regime. The youngsters were all smiles as they changed into the FiGOS sports jerseys and shoes. In addition, FiGOS also sponsored footballs and shoes bags…
Bringing parents and children together.. 30 June 2013 marks a special Sunday for the participants of the 3rd edition of Midnight Football (MF) as they invited their parents along to join the ‘MF Parents Workshop’. Alice Cornwell Neowcharurn, Director of Midnight Football program kick started the workshop with an introduction to MF’s background and purposes. She also presented a video compilation of…
“Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.” This saying pretty much demonstrates one of other things that Midnight Football (MF) programme wants to build in the mind of the participants, to live beyond their ordinary life. The participants of the MF 3rd edition had just done their first workshop on…
The weekend of 26th-28th of April 2013 will be engraved deeply in the memory of 47 students of SMK Dato’ Onn who attended Midnight Football (MF) Leadership Camp. Held at a lush green tropical forest of Dengkil, Selangor, the three-day-two-night camp, organised by Global Peace Festival (GPF) Malaysia, was set as an introductory program for…
“Before joiningMidnight Football (MF), I was a very lazy person, I dislike sharing my thoughts with others and I only mix around with my own friends. But after joining lots of activities in MF program, I gained new friends from other schools and finally I managed to break through my comfort zone….MF helps to unite all…
GPF Malaysia in partnership with Asia Football Confederation and Department of National Unity of Malaysia brought to a close an eight-month Midnight Football program for at-risk youth in Kuala Lumpur in April 2012. The social impact program encourages youth to get ‘Off the Street, On the Ball’ and uses the social power of football to guide…
The Midnight Football ‘Off the street, On the ball’ is an 8th month ongoing program to guide youth-at-risk (aged 18-years and below) by instilling positive character traits as well as involvement in healthy activities. The Midnight Football program uses the power of football to change lives. It is implemented due to rising issues of youth delinquency and we believe…
“To be honest, I never ever had friends from other ethnic groups in my school, but I am so happy to have Indian and Chinese friends here in this program,” said Sakonlawat Khetboon, a student who, with sixty-three other secondary students from the Kuala Lumpur inner city district of Sentul, attended a 3-day, 2-night Midnight…
Asia Football Confederation and Global Peace Foundation Collaborate to Get Troubled Youth ‘Off the Street and On the Ball’ KUALA LUMPUR—The National Unity and Integration Department under the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Department is impressed with the work of the AFC in its youth development programme Midnight Football. The department’s Director-General, Dato’ Azman Amin Hasan, also suggested that…
The Asian Football Confederation’s Midnight Football program COURTESY AFC The Global Peace Foundation Malaysia in partnership with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and Dream Asia hosted a Global Peace Volunteer Camp in Kuala Lumpur on March 5, 2011 to support at-risk youth through a challenging program emphasizing sportsmanship and values of living for the sake…
It’s almost been a year since we started Midnight Football in Serian, Sarawak. We sat down with our team of facilitators for Midnight Football’s 2nd Leadership Camp to hear their thoughts on the youths’ progression. Midnight Football is a year-long character-building programme that aims to empower less-advantaged youth through football and leadership training. This Midnight…
James is a promising young footballer who struggles with self-confidence. Through Midnight Football, James learned to find his confidence in himself.
60 youths from Sarawak selected for one-year three-month youth football empowerment programme Bau, 15 August 2019 – Sixteen-year-old Xavier Casly dreams of becoming a professional footballer to make his family and nation proud. Hailing from Plaman Nyabet village in Sarawak, the Bidayuh youngster did not have an easy start into football. “I first became interested…
The Midnight Football Tournament provided an opportunity for Serian district’s youths to showcase their football talents, but it also brought out the best in them with regards to sportsmanship, respect, and responsibility. “What is success? It isn’t only about winning but playing in a certain way.”—Kevin Keegan (former football player) Nine teams, three days, and…
Brandon volunteered with us for the Midnight Football camp held in Sumiran at the end of March. A final year student from Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak, he challenged himself to try something out of his comfort zone —volunteering—to grow himself as a person and learn more about other people. The Midnight Football camp is…
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. – Thomas Meeha. Sometimes it’s hard to say goodbye to the person who taught you a lot, in the ways that you can never imagine, not to say you depend on someone so much, but when you feel all alone, left out…
Midnight Football “Off the Street, On the Ball” A Live-Changing Journey for Youngsters The third batch of young participants from ‘Midnight Football’ celebrated their completion of the 8-month long program with a “Championship Tournament and Closing Ceremony” at the futsal court at Sri Selangor Flats in Jalan Loke Yew, Kuala Lumpur recently. 50 youngsters from…
Hey there, how are you? I assume you are in good health, so then how’s life? Tough? Feeling like you just want to give up because things don’t seem to work well? Have you tried trying? Which then you tend to fail and you try again and yes more failure and you start blaming on…
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure‐ Oprah Winfrey. It’s not the end of the world if you show poor performance in your studies and of course not the end of your life if people neglected you and stay a distance since they…
Date: 16-18 August 2013 | Venue: Broga Hills, Semenyih 30 youngsters from the 3rd edition of the Midnight Football (MF) project were taken for a thrilling and eventful weekend by GPF Malaysia recently for the MF Leadership Camp. Another 6 senior participants from the previous edition of MF also took part in the program. The…
Midnight Football 3rd Edition has reached its highlight as a first half MF Tournament 2013 was held on 24th of August 2013. The tournament marked the first futsal debut for the participants after more than four months training. Bandar Baru Sentul Hall has witnessed the energetic and remarkable matches between four boys’ teams; Courage, Faith, Dream Big and…
Date: 16-18 August 2013 | Venue: Broga Hills, Semenyih 30 youngsters from the 3rd edition of the Midnight Football (MF) project were taken for a thrilling and eventful weekend by GPF Malaysia recently for the MF Leadership Camp. Another 6 senior participants from the previous edition of MF also took part in the program. The…
3 August 2013 marked an unforgettable day to all the young participants of Midnight Football (MF) – many of them were overjoyed; it was their first time going to a theme park and their first experience of dining in a hotel. This fun-filled and memorable trip was made possible by Resorts World Genting, the Department…
Bringing parents and children together… 30 June 2013 marks a special Sunday for the participants of the 3rd edition of Midnight Football (MF) as they invited their parents along to join the ‘MF Parents Workshop’. Alice Cornwell Neowcharurn, Director of Midnight Football program kick started the workshop with an introduction to MF’s background and purposes. She also presented a video compilation of…
The youngsters of GPF Malaysia’s Midnight Football program were in joy and delight when they received sports goodies kindly sponsored by FiGOS recently during one of their football training regime. The youngsters were all smiles as they changed into the FiGOS sports jerseys and shoes. In addition, FiGOS also sponsored footballs and shoes bags…
Bringing parents and children together.. 30 June 2013 marks a special Sunday for the participants of the 3rd edition of Midnight Football (MF) as they invited their parents along to join the ‘MF Parents Workshop’. Alice Cornwell Neowcharurn, Director of Midnight Football program kick started the workshop with an introduction to MF’s background and purposes. She also presented a video compilation of…
“Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.” This saying pretty much demonstrates one of other things that Midnight Football (MF) programme wants to build in the mind of the participants, to live beyond their ordinary life. The participants of the MF 3rd edition had just done their first workshop on…
The weekend of 26th-28th of April 2013 will be engraved deeply in the memory of 47 students of SMK Dato’ Onn who attended Midnight Football (MF) Leadership Camp. Held at a lush green tropical forest of Dengkil, Selangor, the three-day-two-night camp, organised by Global Peace Festival (GPF) Malaysia, was set as an introductory program for…
“Before joiningMidnight Football (MF), I was a very lazy person, I dislike sharing my thoughts with others and I only mix around with my own friends. But after joining lots of activities in MF program, I gained new friends from other schools and finally I managed to break through my comfort zone….MF helps to unite all…
GPF Malaysia in partnership with Asia Football Confederation and Department of National Unity of Malaysia brought to a close an eight-month Midnight Football program for at-risk youth in Kuala Lumpur in April 2012. The social impact program encourages youth to get ‘Off the Street, On the Ball’ and uses the social power of football to guide…
The Midnight Football ‘Off the street, On the ball’ is an 8th month ongoing program to guide youth-at-risk (aged 18-years and below) by instilling positive character traits as well as involvement in healthy activities. The Midnight Football program uses the power of football to change lives. It is implemented due to rising issues of youth delinquency and we believe…
“To be honest, I never ever had friends from other ethnic groups in my school, but I am so happy to have Indian and Chinese friends here in this program,” said Sakonlawat Khetboon, a student who, with sixty-three other secondary students from the Kuala Lumpur inner city district of Sentul, attended a 3-day, 2-night Midnight…
Asia Football Confederation and Global Peace Foundation Collaborate to Get Troubled Youth ‘Off the Street and On the Ball’ KUALA LUMPUR—The National Unity and Integration Department under the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Department is impressed with the work of the AFC in its youth development programme Midnight Football. The department’s Director-General, Dato’ Azman Amin Hasan, also suggested that…
The Asian Football Confederation’s Midnight Football program COURTESY AFC The Global Peace Foundation Malaysia in partnership with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and Dream Asia hosted a Global Peace Volunteer Camp in Kuala Lumpur on March 5, 2011 to support at-risk youth through a challenging program emphasizing sportsmanship and values of living for the sake…