Empower children in Africa through organized sports

Dear Ball for All Supporters, Lindsay Cotten, a current Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, wrote this letter describing the impact of her work promoting girls' soccer in Africa. As I began packing for my two years of service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, I knew adding a soccer ball to th... See More

Lindsay Cotten and Kevin Wilkins, both Peace Corps volunteers in the Kedougou region of Senegal, are starting a large scale soccer league for both boys and girls. To date Ball for All has provided Lindsay with funds to outfit a boys' and girls' team in her village. Also two sets of uniforms and eq... See More

Thi Mai and Kimberly Washington have made a very cool YouTube video about their efforts to create a girls' basketball league in Mauritania, West Africa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IBE18Vbg4s Ball for All provided the initial micro grant to equip Kimberly's team with uniforms and sneakers. Howe... See More

Matthew Hendriks's 7th Grade Class at the American International School of Kuwait organized a charity soccer tournament as part of the school's community service program. The event raised close to $1000 USD for Ball for All. The students, avid soccer players, chose to support Ball for All for its ... See More

Please check out an interview I did with Megan Hueter of the sports blog "Because I Played Sports" at http://becauseiplayedsports.com/2009/03/29/peace-corps-jeffrey-chatellier-uses-social-media-to-share-stories-of-youth-sports-program-in-africa/. Cheers, Jeff