An Opportunity for Giving

Many people have asked me, since hearing about our projects and my time in Liberia, how they could help.  "What can we send?  What can we do?"  I am so thankful that many of you are interested in participating in this way, and now I have an answer for you!

While presenting the Environmental students' research and lesson plans on Liberia we were talking about how the kids there play with tattered soccer balls, because that is all they have.  They just can't withstand the conditions of rough terrain and jagged garbage strewn across the "fields".  One of the people listening mentioned that they had just heard about a ball designed specifically for third world countries in Africa, which sent me on a quest for more information.

That quest led me to the website for the One World Futbol Project, and I am excited about what I found!  They have created a soccer ball (futbol to the rest of the world), which is virtually indestructible, to survive the conditions children play in across the world.  And it gets better, for every ball that we purchase, they will send another one to children in another third world country.  We can share the joy of play with children across the world!!

If you would like to help us in raising money to purchase some of these balls to send to the children in Monrovia, Liberia please contact me at olsons@lkgeorge.org.   Thank you for your continued support for our efforts to improve the lives of children in the school and children's home that we are connected to in Liberia.