Saturday, September 10, 2011

Organisation For Rural Primary Educational Developers, Takoradi, Ghana, West Africa

The MILLION BALLS Project for African Children and Young People is an initiative of ORPED GHANA.
This project is initiated premised on the twin soccer events of CAN 2010 to be held in Angola and the FIFA World Cup to occur in South Africa.

These twin events must be celebrated in dramatic fashion.

The project seeks to use the Gift of a soccer ball to promote child reading, talent development , tree planting and peace building and a new Africa full of hope and ready to win in African Communities.

ORPED a non governemtnal organization registered as a charity in Ghana and South Africa will undertake this project on the African continent through a network of civil society organizations and organizations spread all over the continent that use sports as a platform for community development.

The soccer Balls will be solicited from prominent African personalities, friends of Africa and corporate organizations who believe that the gift of soccer ball has the power to stimulate children and Young people to greater heights and hope.

The target is to be able to solicit and offer as gifts, a MILLION SOCCER BALLS free of charge to African Children and young people from July 2008, through CAN 2010 and end on the eve of the kick off of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Special events will herald the presentation of these gifts.

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