By Martin Barnard | Director
If you saw the recent photos of Prince Harry playing football in Lesotho, he was using a ball made by Alive & Kicking!
West Ham & England Goalkeeper Robert Green came out to Nairobi in June to raise funds for AMREF. Alive & Kicking made 50 balls for the visit. An interesting account of his experiences can be read on http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/rob-green-21-days-that-changed-my-life-865856.html - from which you'll see he's not your archetypal professional soccer player!
Per Omdal - Vice President of UEFA - has made a personal donation that will pay for 3,000 A&K balls to be distributed to kids in Africa. Selected recipient organisations include SCORE in South Africa, SOS Children's Homes in Kenya & Zambia, Moving the Goal Posts, AMREF, MYSA, World Scouts, Red Cross and the Sports for Social Change Network (SSCN) East Africa.
In October, Rob Kinder, Sam Trusty and Jamie Whitcroft will be heading out to Zambia for the month and will be driving around the country distributing Alive and Kicking footballs to schools and orphanages. They are doing the trip as a partnership with The Great Football Giveaway (http://www.thegreatfootballgiveaway.org.uk/future.htm) who are helping to raise money and the profile of Alive and Kicking.
Alive & Kicking's HIV Awareness Posters are finally on their way to all 4,000 public secondary schools in Kenya following a media launch hosted by Safaricom (Vodafone in Kenya). Red Cross and Safaricom contributed to the funding.
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