“To put a smile on the faces of kids”
OUR current projects
Organizing humanitarian volunteer missions in Africa
The association's international volunteering programs take place at least once a year. Since 2019, this regularity has been important to maintain the link with the association's children as well as with the locals, but also to make progress on the many projects established between France and Ghana.
They are adapted to each volunteer's profile after discussion and reflection. Education through sport is of course one of our central objectives, but the days are structured according to the skills of each volunteer.
“We realize that what we accomplish is only a drop in the ocean, but if that drop didn't exist in the ocean, it would be missing.” - Mère Teresa
OFFER football equipment to the children of the association
​So that children can train in the best possible conditions, we collect second-hand football gear from clubs, companies, private individuals... so that volunteers going to Ghana take on the plane several bags filled with football outfits (shorts, jerseys, socks), sneakers or cleats, very useful equipment such as cones, bibs, nets, whistles... footballs.
Between trips, we also send packages.
Introducing the French people to another culture
We try to sensitize the French to Ghanaian culture in several ways:
- going to Ghana and talking with the locals about the cultural differences that enrich us (during training sessions, in schools, or simply in everyday, ordinary activities such as markets)
- visiting soccer clubs here in France and talking to children who are members of the club, with the aim of raising awareness of the way of life of children in Ghana (cf: partnership with FV, Bagnac...); transmitting empathy by setting up a real exchange such as a letter exchange: writing a letter to a child in Africa with whom they share a common passion.
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And reciprocity is also a goal we'd like to work towards: French volunteers have the opportunity to travel to Ghana to make their contribution. So, to take the exchange even further, why shouldn't Ghanaians come to France?
