After visiting Footprints, I am well and truly humbled. WOW!! What a place and what awesome people! This is one selfless family dedicated on transforming the lives of orphaned youngsters, giving them every opportunity possible.

Well, I’m eventually back in the cold and wet UK after gallivanting across the South African country side, and eventually have some time to report back on some more visits. My next port of call was Norah’s, which is a day care centre in the Barcelona informal settlement, about 20km’s East of Johannesburg. Norah’s story [...]

Well if you are in SA at the mo you most certainly won’t miss the buzz about next year’s 2010 Soccer world cup in South Africa. With exactly 220 days to go until kick-off the excitement is mounting on a daily basis. Everywhere you look and everywhere you go all you see is the 2010 [...]

Today has been another exciting day, 5 footballs were shipped off to a excited ambassador who is soon to depart to Burkina Faso, Brett sent through news that he distributed some balls in Soweto – in the heart of Johannesburg where there is serious need!! Full details + pics to follow shortly!! So all in [...]

Last Friday evening I witnessed one of the most incredible displays of generosity I have ever seen! A group of friends and I were raising funds for a Ugandan orphans charity – Watoto, the evening took the form of a auction, where individuals would auction themselves/their services off to the highest bidder! I was fortunate [...]

The expectation is mounting on the eve of the annual Bid on me Auction which is no doubt going to change live’s and hopefully bring hope to many kids in Uganda! Footballs will be going up for auction – providing an opportunity for others to get involved and make their contribution! The heart behind the [...]

Do you? 2010 Campaign has been setup to bring folks together to give to those in need – to reach children who are surrounded by circumstances that most of us will never face. There is no better position to be in than to be able to give! I have been in the fortunate position to [...]

After visiting the last home – we were all taken back! It hit us hard – the desperation of these kids, the vibe and atmosphere of the home was quite draining to say the least! While we were waiting for our driver to come collect us we asked the security guard to please take a [...]

After running us ragged for 30min, where foot and ball were one; the children dropped what they were doing and ran into the dinning area for the eagerly awaited lunch, basic rice and tomato sauce. The older kids who we were playing football with were less eager to disappear and thrived on the external stimulus [...]

Calcio has definitely taken on a personality of his own, born out of a passion and enthusiasm to bring a sense of fun and life back into the some what desperate existence of these kids’ lives… Calcio was itching to come alive, get out there and rough it in the dirty sandy pitches and, most [...]