FIFA, world football's governing body, has unveiled its first Football for Hope Centre in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, as part of efforts to leave a lasting sporting legacy from the 2010 World Cup.

The new facility is the first of 20 community centres set to open across Africa, which will help to tackle a range of issues facing young people, including health, gender equality, peace-building and the environment, as well as HIV and AIDS. Facilities at Khayelitsha's Football for Hope Centre include rooms for public health services and informal education, office space, common space for community events and a turf football pitch.

The venue will be managed by Grassroot Soccer, a South Africa-based not-for-profit organisation that uses football as a means to educate young people about HIV and AIDS and help bring about social change. South African Football Association president Kirsten Nematandani said: "We are hoping that this initiative will have a positive influence in our society and enhance our efforts to build a better future for our young people.

"For us it was always important that this FIFA World Cup would touch the lives of ordinary people, and this campaign is a great example." A further five Football for Hope Centres will be built by FIFA and strategic partner streetfootballworld to serve disadvantage communities in Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Mali and Ghana.