Post on 23-Dec-2015
It all starts with a ball.
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The Ball Project.
The Ball Project.
Working to get balls to kids across the globe.
Helping kids play.
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A ball:
A soft, round object used for kicking, throwing, bouncing, and all around play.
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A child’s play thing.
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An adult’s play thing.
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(David Beckham)
“Give me a ball and I’ll have a thousand kids chasing after it.” – Solomon Gacece, Kenya
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If kids learn to play together when they are young, they are less likely to kill each other as
adults.
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A ball can bring people together.
Play brings people together.
Sport can unite people & communities.
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Sport “helps teach young people respect for the body—for their own as well as others—and helps them respond to many of the challenges faced by young people […]”
Quotes from “Sport for Development and Peace,” Report from the United NationsInter-Agency Task Force on Sport for Development and Peace, pp. 9, 15.[visit www.un.org/themes/sport/task.htm for more information]
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“In many circumstances, young people lack hope, as well as a practical means to change their situation. Sport is a medium to help build character and confidence, preparing young people to better meet the challenges of a competitive world.”
Quotes from “Sport for Development and Peace,” Report from the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Sport for Development and Peace, pp. 9, 15.[visit www.un.org/themes/sport/task.htm for more information]
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Sport builds FRIENDS…
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Sport builds LEADERS…
Copyright Sports Illustrated
Copyright Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
(President Ford)
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(Pele, former Ambassador of Sports in Brazil)
Sport builds COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS…
(Nelson Mandela)
(1995 Rugby World Cup Champion
South African Springboks)
The 1995 Rugby World Cup Champion South African Springboks united for the first time people of all colors in post-Apartheid South Africa.
“It’s easier to build boys than to mend men.”
– entrepreneur S. Truett Cathy
From John W. Berry, “Doing Good By Eating Chicken: A Profile of Chick-fil-A Inc’s Truett Cathy,” Philanthropy 12: 4 (September-October 1998).
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The Ball Project.
It all starts with a ball. ball
3 soccer balls = $60 = 12 day camp,25 boys (India, 2006)
1 soccer ball = $20 = partnership between 2 churches & ongoing youth soccer clinic
(Mauritius, 2007)
70 soccer balls = $1,400 = 70 soccer teams + HIV/AIDS training (Sudan, 2006)
“The best way to attract the kids…bring a ball, they will come in hundreds. You don’t need to blow the whistle, just bounce the ball.”
– Joseph Phiri, Zambia
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1 soccer ball = $20 = 3 soccer teams + literacy training (Benin, West Africa, 2005)
The Ball Project.
It all starts with a ball.
1 soccer ball = $20 = 2 soccer teams (Guinea, West Africa, 2006)
1 soccer ball = $20 = soccer tournament (Uzbekistan, Central Asia, 2007)
1 soccer ball = $20 = 3rd Division soccer team (Myanmar, 2007)
It all starts with a ball.
ball(handmade from plastic bags &
string)
The Ball Project.
To give, get info or get involved:KyleatBallProject.com
The Ball Project.
Helping kids play.
Working to get balls to kids across the globe.
ball
To give, get info or get involved:
KyleatBallProject.com
The End.ball
The Ball Project.
To give, get info or get involved:KyleatBallProject.com