Thanks to Judy our spare bedroom is once again full of bags of kit ready to be packed at the weekend into various holdalls. This is the stuff Keith phoned up about last Friday. I have never seen so many little size shirts. Kids in some of our link primary schools will be overwhelmed. The bigger lads are going to be jealous. They find it difficult to accept the younger ones will have the benefit of the gifts we bring. SCI are hoping to have an Adopt-A-Club programme where UK clubs or schools fund the basics for a team such as a few footballs and a first aid kit. Our 60 strong football training school costs £5000 a year to run, so "Every little helps". This lad is showing off an Alive and Kicking ball especially made for African grounds. They cost about £7.50 and are made in Kenya.
One of the things I find as I talk to people is how hard it is to get the name and work of Sporting Chance International to be well known even within the local commuity where it all began. This is something that we try to work at a lot, but it never seems that way to those who have not heard of us. In Kenya we are the leading supplier of redundant kit and have NGO (non government organisation) status.
Thanks also to the lads and girls who intend to do a sponsored walk from Hayle to Lands End for SCI as a part of their Citizenship coursework. Which reminds me, I must respond to their letter before the end of term. Not many days or hours go by without an SCI job having to be done.
My next idea is to add a podcast to the blog, but that takes a bit of technology and I'm only an ICT teacher these days, so what chance..... We'll see. Meanwhile you will notice the navbar to the next blog is not visible to keep it safe for any young readers.
