Children love soccer. But many of the world’s children live in poverty and have never played with a real soccer ball.
Instead, they play with balls made of rags, banana leaves, or wads of plastic tied together with string. This video from World Vision shows how much care and effort a 12-year-old boy in Africa invests in making his own soccer ball.
Join us as move move towards a more positive world where children around the world are encouraged and equipped to play. When you need a new soccer ball, please consider purchasing a Fair Trade Sports soccer ball and donating your current gently-used soccer ball to the World Vision “Get a Kick Out of Sharing” program.
Rally your organization or team to start collecting these items and send boxes of deflated balls and pumps with your donation form to:
World Vision Gifts-in-Kind Distribution Center
Soccer Ball Program
210 Overlook Drive
Sewickley, PA 15143http://retail.fairtradesports.amazonwebstore.com/category/17462435021/1/Soccer-Balls.htm
[...] Where do gently-worn soccer balls go? Hopefully to World Vision Gifts’s “Get a Kick Out of Sharing” program – [...]
Are you still collecting soccer balls? I have about 150 used balls
Hi Amy,
We use the World Vision team to funnel the sports balls into other countries. Here’s their instructions:
If you are donating deflated balls with pumps from West of the Mississippi River, please send to:
World Vision IDC – Soccer Balls
11000 East 40th Avenue
Denver, CO 80239
East of the Mississippi River, please send to:
World Vision IDC – Soccer Balls
210 Overlook Drive
79 North Industrial Park
Sewickley, PA 15143