NEXT PROJECT
TANZANIA
Project Dates: Aug/Sept 2010
Balls to date: 803
Target: 5,000
Last updated: Mar 2010

No kid should be denied the chance to kick a ball about. It’s one of life’s most simple pleasures.
So that’s what we’re here for. To get sports equipment direct into the hands (or feet) of some of the world's most disadvantaged kids. 

More balls, more smiles. Simple...
Every tenner you give is converted into a brand new football, pump & spare valves and hand delivered by us with a message that it comes from you (yes, it really is that personal).  Every ball goes direct to kids in schools, orphanages or even just by the side of the road and you can find out exactly where your ball went. See for yourself Click here to see the team in action.

Right Now
Thanks to support, a team of volunteers recently returned from Rwanda where they delivered over 3,500 balls direct to kids living in poor rural areas. The team did work to help former child soldiers with their rehabilitation, helped with numerous health programmes for HIV & Malaria, and even took balls across the border into DRC Congo.

Recently
In the last few years we've personally hand delivered over 15,000 footballs and netballs direct to children across: 
Malawi - one of the world's poorest countries
Uganda - has one of the largest orphan populations
Angola - suffered 30 years of brutal civil war 
Zambia - suffering one of the highest rates of HIV.

Future
We are currently scoping projects in Nicaragua and back to the Congo for later in 2010/2011. Watch this space...

Why?
Footballs not only provide some much needed fun, but they can also be used to help increase school attendance and performance overnight. Alternatively, kids from villages that once fought each other in war, can now use football to play together in peace. All around the world orphan centres, local run organisations and community projects can use footballs to draw kids off the street and into care. Put simply, footballs are a hugely resourceful tool. 
So it’s pretty straightforward. If you love football, stripped of all its money, marketing and celebrity, join in and click here to give a ball.