Making footballs that can save lives in Africa
Awareness AIDS in Africa
Summary
100 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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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, Zambia & South Africa from local leather and selling them at cost. Over 140,000 balls have been made to date, each carrying simple awareness messages on HIV/AIDS and Malaria.
Activities
We make affordable balls so that youngsters from poorer communities are able to play more sport. We also create awareness of preventable illnesses by printing messages on each ball and distributing our awareness posters featuring sports personalities
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $13,216
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $486,783
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 100,000 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
We very much appreciate the contribution that Alive & Kicking is making to reversing the spread of HIV in Kenya through sports, and your efforts to avail good quality leather balls to our schools.
- Enos O. Oyaya, OGW, Director of Education
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Martin Barnard
Managing Director
Hyundai GoDown No. 3
Behind Visions Plaza, Mombasa Road
Nairobi, N/A PO Box 27641 - 00506 Nbi
Kenya
254722530216
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Alive & Kicking Kenya
Hyundai Go Down No. 3 Mombasa Road
Nairobi,
N/A
Box 27641
Kenya
254 (0) 20 2045481
http://www.aliveandkicking.org.uk
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Kenya
and can also be found under 
Sport.
For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 11, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 22, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
“Almost like an early Christmas” – the beneficiary’s story
By Isabel - Awareness Coordinator, November 10, 2009 03:46 PM
“I write to let you know that I received the balls for our children. Thank you so much. 1 ball we gave Peace Children (Otonglo). Thanks a lot and kindly note that before receiving those balls the Gideons (Name for the Orphans) were using balls made of polythene. Being that the orphanage is in the rural area, we have large fields and using the polythene-made balls was not enjoyable. Thanks again. Our orphans loved the balls and on the 1st day as they played, it attracted over 30 children. The whole scene was GOOD. Almost like an early Christmas. We love you & thank you again.”
Zacheus Ochieng, Director of Peace Children's Ministry also wrote back to us to express their gratitude for their first ever ball:
“It is with much love and joy that we send our greetings and love to you from Peace Children's Ministry here in Kisumu, Kenya. This mail comes to you to thank you so much for the football that we received from you through Gideon Soldiers Orphanage. The donation was of a great blessing to the orphans in our center and children in crisis who now can have their first ever ball to play with and be happy together. May God richly reward you for your kind donation to the orphans.”
As Alive & Kicking Kenya, we cannot thank you enough for your generous donations that continue to enable us to distribute more soccer balls to needy children across Kenya. We value your support and look forward to putting more balls at the feet of children around the country, and Africa. As always, we value your comments and input so please keep them coming!
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