Coafrica is going to Malawi & Zambia this September...and we want YOU to help us with a very special project!

What do Coafrica students love to do each and everyday?! Play Soccer and Netball! In America, netball isn't a game we play, but it's hugely popular among the girls in these countries...and soccer is more often played by the boys. During this trip, we want to make sure all the girls and boys can play - so we are giving the gift of play to 3 schools by donating equipment that will last for years to come! Can you help us?!

Getting a quality ball is nearly impossible. In preparation for this trip, we contacted a friend in Malawi and put him to work to do some research. He came back and informed us that the current price of a soccer ball is upwards of $113 US dollars! For a country that's among the poorest in the world, buying a quality ball for children to play with just isn't feasible. Can you even imagine paying that much for a ball, let alone if you were only living on dollars a day?

That's why it's more likely to see everyone use homemade balls made from plastic bags and twine. Of course this works, but these don't roll evenly and certainly don't last. We know from research that play is critical to brain development and truly adds so much to the school day. We want our students to play, to run, to laugh, to have a stress reliever. We want them out there playing the games they love.

We can make their school day more exciting and fun, while also helping their brains be primed for better learning...

...we can provide the equipment to be used at the schools -- equipment that will last for years to come!

The Goal is the following equipment for each school:

4 Soccer Balls
4 Net Balls
1 Netted athletic bag to keep the balls in (and stored in the teacher room when school is out)
1 set each of Soccer Goals & Net Ball Hoops

We estimate the cost to be about $650 per school. We are working diligently to find the best prices - bringing some of the gear with us, and purchasing some items while in Africa. We really want to make this a reality.

If you can help us bring joy to these students through the gift of sport, please donate on this page. As always, your gift is tax deductible. (If you are a team, family, business, school -- or even a group of moms -- and together want to sponsor a school, please reach out and talk to us! We have a special additional component to make it more personalized for the students and your team, including a metal tag and a team/group photo to be placed with the equipment in your team's honor) Any extra funds that go unused will be donated to our general classroom construction fund. Your donation will affect thousands!

Please share with family and friends. Let's make this happen for these students.

To learn more about Coafrica, visit our website

Soccer (& Netball) for Schools in Africa!

Help us bring the gift of SPORT to Coafrica students in Malawi and Zambia

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