soccer

In a country where football is more like a national obsession than a pastime, the effect a simple soccer ball can have is nothing short of astounding. The One World Futbol is no ordinary football, though; it’s an ultra durable solution to deflation, water logging and puncturing. As I’m handed the three balls for our core homes, I’m told “they're indestructible – they have driven trucks over them and feed them to lions”.

Will and Brian came to Liberia with a set plan: play soccer and disciple the boys at Fatu’s orphanage three times a week. Due to school exams, however, they had to delay the start of their soccer program by a week, and instead focused on tutoring the kids for their big tests. Here's the rest of the story straight from Will and Brian:

When I came back to Liberia last Friday, I brought with me two very special alumni. Will and Brian were part of a high school team in the summer of 2007, when Orphan Relief and Rescue had only been working in Liberia for a few months. That team of students, in just a month, had a permanent effect on the children at Fatu's orphanage. (The children ask for them by name every single time I visit them!)