The balls...
Alive & Kicking make cheap, tough, repairable footballs, netballs and volleyballs using African skills and African leather. Each carries a message about HIV/AIDS and malaria.
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Alive & Kicking is a charity. We need your help, please.
You can donate money or give a ball.
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We coudn't provide the services required without the invaluable help of these organisations...
The Team
Founder
Jim Cogan, OBE
The Alive & Kicking concept is the brainchild of Jim Cogan OBE 1937-2007. A former deputy headmaster and tireless campaigner for the eradication of poverty in Africa. He is sorely missed, but his work is continued by those below.
Patron
Mike Brearley OBE, Former Captain, England Cricket Team.
Senior Management
James Flecker, Acting Director, Alive & Kicking UK
Martin Barnard, Managing Director, Alive & Kicking Kenya
Advisory Panel
Lord Joel Joffe, Human Rights Lawyer
Jane Bateman, Head of International Relations, The FA
John Scott, International Director, UK Sport
Dr. Rachel Baggaley, HIV Research Fellow, London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Head of HIV Unit, Christian Aid
Dr. Chris Whitty, Malariologist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Roger Levermore, Programme Director, International Business and Research Manager, Football Industry Group, University of Liverpool