Making footballs that can save lives in Africa
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Summary
80 stitchers are making tough, repairable leather soccer balls & volleyballs in Africa for kids who hardly get to see a proper ball. Each ball carries a simple HIV/AIDS or Malaria awareness message.
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Received $3,137 from 116 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The opportunity to play sport in Africa is inhibited by a chronic shortage of balls. There is no large scale ball production on the continent, and imported balls are expensive and largely inappropriate for the tough playing conditions. Alive & Kicking is addressing this problem by making balls in Kenya and Zambia from local leather and selling them at cost. Over 50,000 balls have been made to date, each carrying simple awareness messages on HIV/AIDS and Malaria.
Activities
We make tough, repairable, affordable balls from local leather so that more youngsters from poorer communites are able to play sport. We also create awareness of preventable illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS, by printing simple messages onto each ball.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $3,122
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $496,878
Total Funding Goal: $500,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
We plan to avail 120,000 balls yearly to encourage young people to participate in sport and enhance their life skills. These same people are most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, so we plan to distribute our awareness posters to all 24,000 Kenyan schools.
Project Message
Young people need to stay healthy in order to participate in sport and attend school. I'm pleased to be associated with Alive & Kicking’s effort to bring sport and health education to Kenya’s youth.
- J J Masiga, Former Captain of Kenya's National Soccer Team
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on April 21, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 22, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
April Newsletter
By Martin Barnard - Director, April 21, 2008 06:08 PM
Open the April Newsletter to find out more about the situation we find ourselves in after the post election violence. Other topics include our start up in South Africa; our HIV Awareness Posters being printed and distributed to all 4,000 government schools in Kenya; our starting a supporters club on Facebook.
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