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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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Orphanages
Kenya
The high number of deaths from HIV/AIDS related infections has resulted in an upsurge in the number of orphans. The Government now believes that 1.6 million children, that is 11% of children under 15 have lost one or both of their parents and are not living with either of them.
Although the National Council for Children Services (NCCS) within the Ministry of Home Affairs has the overall responsibility for coordinating children's issues in the country, it does not have the capacity or resources to respond effectively to the issue of orphans and vulnerable children. As a result, a number of individuals, churches and civil society groups have taken on the burden.
One such group is the East African Women's League (EAWL), Kenya's equivalent of the Townswomen's Guild, or if that still doesn't mean anything to you, watch the movie "The Calendar Girls." As the name implies, all "League" members are women, and they share a common desire to help women and children. Much of this energy is spent in support of children's homes, and with 24 branches nationwide, they offer geographical spread in addition to unrivalled organisational capacity. It should come as no surprise therefore that the most of the orphanages that have received Alive & Kicking balls have got them because they were known to EAWL.
To find out more about the orphanages we support in Kenya visit: www.saidia-gilgil.org.uk and The Limuru Children's Centre at: http://www.share-foundation.org/newsletter_01.pdf