Siddiqi became the co-founder of Football for Peace Global in 2013 and in the same year, the concept made the transition from "campaign" to implementing NGO status with its international incorporation.
[5] In 2018, the charity launched a campaign called Football Saves Lives[6] which was supported by HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Mesut Ozil, Bacary Sagna, Carlton Cole, Mathieu Flamini, Mamadou Sakho, Avram Grant, Louis Saha whom visited the London programme.
[citation needed] In October 2016, co-founder of Football for Peace, Kashif Siddiqi was invited to meet Pope Francis[14] and launch the first "Sport at the service of Humanity" at a press conference,[15] which was organised by the Pontifical Council for Culture under the leadership of Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi at the Vatican[16] and welcomed the presence of faith leaders.
The unified Afghanistan and Great Britain was led by former Premier League manager Harry Redknapp, who defeated the Footballers for Peace side in front of a crowd, which included Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan.
[23] The project was based in Birmingham's Saltley Academy and was intended to bring young children from different faith and cultural backgrounds together after Operation Trojan Horse in 2014.
[24] In January 2016, a women's empowerment program was launched in Kozhikode, a coastal city in the south Indian state of Kerala with Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho Gaucho announced an ambassador.
The launch was at the Sport is GREAT event with the Premier league in partnership with the UK Foreign office and supported by Deputy British Ambassador to India, Crispin Simon.
[32] At the news conference, Youth and Sports Minister Zeogar Wilson was present and said "The initiative will benefit young people in the country, as many of them will gain knowledge in training that will be provided.
Meanwhile, lots of Liberian high school students in the central Monrovia area have expressed joy over plans to launch the program in Liberia".