Berlin - Football's ruling body FIFA and streetfootballworld presented a joint project "20 Centres for 2010" Wednesday in Berlin, which will involve the building of 20 football centres in Africa.

The project will take place around the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with each centre having a football pitch and rooms for education and dissemination of health information.

The first centre is due for completion near Cape Town in the middle of 2009. A total of five centres are planned for South Africa with the remainder spread throughout the continent in Kenya, Ruanda, Ghana, Mali and Namibia.

The objective of the project is "not only to meet for football matches but also to play a part in the development and change of society," said streetfootballworld founder Juergen Griesbeck.

FIFA gives around 20 million dollars (0.7 per cent of its total income) towards development projects. (dpa)