The African Child Sport & Education Fund Needs You

If you walk into Sadili any cold early morning at 6.20 a.m. you will find her jogging, at 10 am, she will be holding her books smiling and chatting with her classmates as she prepares for her next class and at 4.00 p.m., she will be sweating her heart out on the tennis court. That is the new life of 10 year old Saada, from...

Sadili Oval Sports Academy is finally going digital! In August this year, we launched our first online newletter, to ensure that every online supporter would get to know what we do and give quick feedback. Sadili is a social entrepreneurship, which means that we survive from balancing the donations we get with selling our...

Captain Amadi Kagoma led Malezi School and Nairobi Province to successfully defend their Boys and Girls titles at the Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association Games, which ended on the 13th August 2011. Amadi overcame the biggest opposition, pushing Tony Orwa of Central Province to second place. Malezi's Yasin Lila...

As Wimbledon giants Tomas Berdych, Serena and Venus Williams tumbled, East Africans had reason to smile as Hassan Ndayishimiye of Burundi today successfully made it through the first round of Wimbledon, beating Mattias Sborowitz of Chile, 6-3, 6-4  in the junior boys draw. Hassan, who had to go through a tough...

13 year old Henry Ayesiga has won the ITF (International Tennis Federation) and CAT (Confederation of African Tennis) Under 14 Boys Title in Nairobi Kenya. Henry, who is a beneficiary of the African Sport and Education Fund, could hardly keep back his tears when the umpire called "Game, Set and Match". I have waited for...

4 sponsored kids have successfully passed their interviews and qualified for new academy program that will see them develop their sports talents as well as enjoy a homeschooling process. Amadi Kagoma (Burundi), Jamin Luvembe (Kenya), Richard Ooko (Kenya), Dennis Lutaya (Uganda), and Henry Ayesige (Uganda) are all very...

My name is Amadi Kagoma. I was born in 1994 at a place call Buyenzi in Burundi. Buyenzi is a very small slum known widely in Eastern Africa. I was brought up in a very poor family and grow up in a very bad environment. My parent are jobless and we are ten in our family. I have been playing tennis since I was 8 years old. I...

The African Sports and Education Funds beneficiary and triple Kenya Open Champion, Aziza Butoyi, attended her first class at Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois, USA this week. Aziza is very excited (though a little bewildered) about being there and hopes to perform well, both in academics and in tennis. Aziza, hails...

Two Malezi School students who train at Sadili Oval received sports training scholarships in February this year to Southern USA. Sakina Nshimirimana in South Florida, while Terry Odera has received a four month scholarship to train at the world famous Van der Meer Tennis Academy. Both girls have successfully represented...

Sadili' Oval's own Aziza Butoyi became the triple champion the Kenya Open this year, lifting the ladies singles, ladies doubles (with Ohmar Fernandes) and mixed doubles (with Amadi Kagoma). Aziza, who has been an beneficiary of the African Sport and Education Fund, could not hide her excitement when she recently received...

Meet Amon Muinde and Robert Kasombo Yes, when you look at them, you can’t tell them apart – these two boys from the Kibera slums are twins. Since joining the program more than 5 years ago, Amomn and Robert have fought their way up to the top of the Tennis Africa Cup (www.tennisafrica.info) and are really very excited:...

To all our friends in Global Giving and supporters: through your support, you have made the dreams of two girls begin to happen. Aziza and Sakina are due to complete high school and will be bidding farewell to Malezi School very soon! Although they will be sorely missed, it is a major feat that both girls have successfully...

If the world has never seen the next mother Theresa, then you are in for a rude shock, believe me , I met one recently. This incredible woman has touched the lives on many, some call her mama, others call her Daktari, the kiswahili version of doctor, I call her Mama Hope and the list of her names is endless. This is Dr Liz...

15 year old Bwire of Katwekera, Kibera, has won a scholarship to attend Langata Secondary School in Form 1 through funds from GlobalGiving. Bwire is the third recipient, and the second soccer player to win this opportunity through the Sport and Education Fund. Bwire's father lost his job soon after the post election crisis...

Joab Odera of Malezi School has been awarded a scholarship to attend university and play division 1 tennis at Winston Salem State University. Joab will be the secong player in two years in our program who has done so, after Rahab Mbugua joined Cumberland University. His attendance will serve to encourage more youth to...

Date of birth: 30-3-1992 Every morning these days, Richard leaves his family’s home in the sprawling Kibera slums very early to walk across Nairobi River to his new school. Once in the compound, you will often find him standing there, admiring the school, and you can almost hear him say “I can’t believe that I...

Sadili Oval is very happy to be, once again, a winner of the Chege Challenge Award. To commemorate the life work of Geoffrey Chege, CARE USA in collaboration with Nike and Global Giving, teamed up to offer the Chege Challenge for Sports for Social Change Initiative partners in East Africa in 2007. The Chege Challenge...

Great news: The French Embassy has donated enough money to keep many affected children eating for the next couple of months - hopefully, it will help stabilize them while all the chaos is going on. In addition, they have requested that we assist with providing support to other groups in Kibera, Kisumu, Mathare, Kitale...