Happy recipient at the Nest Orphange in Limuru.

Chelsea's Didier Drogba signing an Alive & Kicking ball during the inaugral Score4 Africa awards held in October 2008 in London at the House of Lords. Alive & Kicking won an award for being the most enterprising football project in Africa.

Senator Barack Obama inspecting an Alive & Kicking ball during a visit to Kenya in August 2006.

Kids in Kajiado, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, treasuring an Alive & Kicking ball that was donated online. The Photo was taken by Anna Holmstrom, a Finnish volunteer, working with the Lutheran Church in this poor and very dry part of rural Kenya.

Noah - our HIV/AIDS Counsellor - creating awareness at a tounament in Maungu, near Voi in Taita District, Kenya.

Another brilliant picture taken by Anna Holmstrom. The kids seem unphased by the state of the pitch. Of more concern are the thorn trees alongside. Unless a ball is repairable, it is of no use in Africa. That's why Alive & Kicking balls are made of leather and have a rubber bladder, which can be mended with a bicycle puncture kit.

Situated along Mombasa Road in Nairobi is our workshop; home to 40 stitchers who each make 3 balls a day. The stitchers sit in pairs at work stations, using wooden clamps to hold the leather ball panels. The space provided between work stations allows the stitchers to stretch their arms and pull the threads. The workshop also houses Alive & Kicking's Office Administration, and its printing and ball dispatch operations.

Alive & Kicking makes volleyballs and netballs in addition to its soccer balls. The leather used is prepared at 3 of Kenya's finest tanneries among them, the Bata Shoe Company in Limuru, and Leather Industries of Kenya in Thika. The soccer balls are made in two sizes - the regular size 5, which conforms to FIFA specs re weight and size, and a smaller size 4 which is popular for primary school kids.

Alive & Kicking has designed a series of 10 HIV/AIDS awareness posters featuring Kenya's top sports personalities. Each deals with a different aspect of the pandemic. In this poster, Catherine Ndereba, three times Boston Marathon Champion, is stressing the importance of dealing with STIs.

In this poster, Alusa - a Kenyan referee, accentuates one of many helpful suggestions communicated on Alive & Kicking posters, on how HIV/AIDS can be prevented.

Photo from Progress Report '“Almost like an early Christmas” – the beneficiary’s story'

Photo from Progress Report '“Almost like an early Christmas” – the beneficiary’s story'

Photo from Progress Report '87 balls later...'

Photo from Progress Report '87 balls later...'

Photo from Progress Report '87 balls later...'

Photo from Progress Report 'HIV Awareness on the Football Pitch'

Photo from Progress Report 'HIV Awareness on the Football Pitch'

Photo from Progress Report 'HIV Awareness on the Football Pitch'

Photo from Progress Report 'Mid-year Reflections and Beyond'

Photo from Progress Report 'Mid-year Reflections and Beyond'

Photo from Progress Report 'Mid-year Reflections and Beyond'

Photo from Progress Report 'Restoring Lost Childhood through Sport'

Photo from Progress Report 'Restoring Lost Childhood through Sport'

Photo from Progress Report 'Asante Sana!'

Photo from Progress Report 'Asante Sana!'

Photo from Progress Report 'Asante Sana!'

Photo from Progress Report 'News Briefs'

Photo from Progress Report 'News Briefs'

Photo from Progress Report 'News Briefs'

Photo from Progress Report 'AUGUST NEWSLETTER'

Photo from Progress Report 'AUGUST NEWSLETTER'

Photo from Progress Report 'April Newsletter'

Photo from Progress Report 'April Newsletter'