ACHIVA Addressing the Challenge of HIV and AIDS
Football Mania in K&K!
The World Cup may be over, but Football Mania still grips the children of South Africa!
In November 2009, with the approaching World Cup in mind, Kathryn Ellis and Terry and Margaret Pickin launched from Kidlington the “Fund a Football” Appeal, asking for help to supply 220 footballs for deprived children in Kimberley and Kuruman, the Anglican Diocese in South Africa linked to Oxford. They received support from churches, families, local businesses, schools and clubs, and were eventually able to place an order for 259 balls to be delivered to Kidlington’s link church, All Saints’ Montshiwa, Mafikeng.
Including additional donations in kind, 281 balls eventually arrived in time for a special event, when the Mothers’ Union pledged to oversee the distribution to all parts of Kimberley and Kuruman.
The children to benefit are those who typically have no toys, but often make a substitute ball from scrunched up plastic bags. Neither do they have organised sports or recreation of any kind.
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