The Great Football Giveaway Blog

Just had a report back from one of the projects we support out in northern Rwanda (that uses football to try and get street children back into education). The girls team has just come top of the regional division! Here they are below with one of the balls we gave them and a set of bibs…

Massive thank you to Cathy at Poverty Reduction Rwanda for all the incredible work you keep doing out there.

Gashingiro girls football team, Northern Rwanda

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Today was yet another extraordinary day. Ever since I knew we would be staying at a town in northern Rwanda that borders the Congo (DRC) I have felt a compelling urge to take our project across the border.

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To be honest it’s almost impossible to believe what happened today.

I have always said about The Great Football Giveaway that children are children, no matter what their circumstances and that kids just want to run around kicking and throwing balls about, having fun. Today in Rwanda, we really put that to the test.

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Well it has officially started. We’re here in Rwanda and having succesfully unloaded our container yesterday morning, we had a few hours of daylight left so booted out into the countryside and gave away our first 67 balls.

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Just a quickie to let you all know that our container of 3,500 footballs and netballs has just cleared through customs in Rwanda, so we are good to go! More balls, more smile. For a moment things were looking a bit touch & go.

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Blogs will start when we arrive in Rwanda on the 3rd of September…