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Here is an encouraging update from one of our SportQuest partners in Haiti:
In 2010, Play It Forward, a community sports program has been established to work with children and youth through the world of sport and play. Since that time it has been successful as it should be. Many athletes and coaches in the community are very engaged.
In 2016, I attended a sports leadership school. This school has changed my life in so many special way, I have become a better man for my family, friends, my country and for my Caribbean region as well in particular. Due to this school, I have a established right after I came to Haiti a sport Academy . Through my leadership and the Academy, there are about one hundred coaches, thousands of athletes and ten sport organizations who are involved in our sport community in Haiti. Many coaches are trained to go to be mentors in every city, community and village through sport and play. I would love to thank SportQuest and finally Ball Project for support and partnership as well. May we continue giving everything we have.
Ball Project is thankful for our partners around the world working to build communities & help children play.
Here is a wonderful update from Nou Hope, one of our partners in Haiti:
We were able to purchase two of the One World Futbols (one for each the village of LaMare and Terre-Salei’s futbol teams).
We also purchased two other regular soccer balls for the villages (see photo from Sunday’s futbol match with ball being used) along with some pump needles that were given to the coaches of the two teams.
We then dispersed funds to our partners so they could purchase two more game quality balls in country and then hire locals (from the village of Terre-Salei) to make 200-250 jump ropes to be distributed to several schools in the area.
Thank you for partnering with us! It is good to see the people in the village playing.
Ball Project is thankful for all of our partners around the world working to help children play & smile.
& Ball Project is grateful for One World Play Project‘s great balls – they are great, pretty much indestructible & sure help a lot of kids around the world play.
Here is a short report from Nou Hope, one of our partners in Haiti:
Greetings. I was able to get more news and photos from previous funds dispersed to partners in Port au Prince for equipment purchased (through Foundations for Haitians). They purchased a basketball hoop and ball as well as a soccer goal (for street soccer) and a ball…. One thing to note is that even the really nice (and expensive balls) purchased in country don’t last long in the elements in Haiti. That’s been a bummer. Thank you!!
Soccer players in Haiti
Even high quality soccer balls don’t last long on the dirt & rock soccer fields where a lot of our partners work. But they keep working & so do we. & the children keep playing. We are grateful for our partners around the world working hard to help children by helping children play.
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