The Faisal Cup

The Faisal Cup is a football tournament initiated by Harvest Centre Bhd, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as voice for freedom and against discrimination of refugee children. It is to be played by various refugee education centers yearly. The 2006 inaugural tournament will feature teams from ABIM, Malaysian Care and Montessori New Covenant Community.

The Faisal Cup is a 7-a-side football and netball tournament created and organized by Harvest Centre Bhd. to give underprivileged and urban poor children a chance to play in an organized game.

The Faisal Cup began in 2006 after the tragic loss of one of our students, Faisal, who drowned while trying to retrieve a football he saw floating in a nearby river.

The Faisal Cup was then initiated to ensure that children from impoverished and disadvantaged backgrounds have an opportunity to train and participate in organized sport while developing the discipline and self-confidence they need to become responsible world citizens.

The Harvest Centre also runs Malaysia’s first Montessori school for 122 marginalised children, half of them are of Rohingya children from Myanmar who are denied basic education in Malaysia which doesn't recognise nor accept refugees.