Using Football to change lives

Football4Africa uses the beautiful game to raise awareness and funds for the Children of Africa. While parent charity Abaana meets their practical needs we wanted to give the kids something fun, and the chance to enjoy life like kids in the west do. All the money raised and shirts collected go straight to those in the poorest parts of the world. Maybe your passion for football could help put a smile on a child's face.

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After the success of our Football Shirt Amnesty we've decided to raise £35,000 to build a school in Uganda. Abaana have already built several schools in Uganda so we have the know how; all we need is the money!

The plan is to raise the £35,000 through football related fundraisers. That's where we need your help. Click here for more details of the project and how you can make it happen.

100% of all donations will go towards building the School. This is because F4A is run entirely by volunteers.

Football4Africa's parent charity, Abaana, are building a School in Uganda for a fiver!

Ugandan Football legend Jackson Mayanja runs a Football Academy in Mukono, Uganda. Football4Africa are proud to team up with The Jackson Foundation. The football academy now have a full range of football kits, thanks to your donations.

Click here for more information.

This will give you a glimpse of our work in Africa. Click here for our Video page.

Sam "Chopper" Cooper, age 14, from Lancashire donated a box full of his replica football kits to our Football Shirt Amnesty. These kits are now being proudly worn by children in Uganda.

A big THANK YOU goes out to Sam for donating these kits. Click here for photos of some of these kits.

During Spring 2009 pupils and staff at St Aloysius’ College, Glasgow ran a Football Shirt Amnesty. These shirts will soon be on their way to Africa.

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Football4Africa were able to spend £3000 on equipment and now over 2000 children have P.E. as part of their education.

Click here for more details and some photos of the delighted children.

Child sponsorship costs just £14 per month.

Abaana (our parent charity) has been running the Child Sponsoship program since 1997. With Abaana the full £14 goes to your child in Africa.

Click here for more details.

The Spring Ball took place on Saturday 21st March and was a great success. The Football4Africa auction items included a signed Man Utd shirt and Football, a signed Northern Ireland shirt, Football signed by Pat Jennings, and many more sport related items. Needless to say the Man Utd shirt was the most popular raising £550, despite their recent dip in form.

Also on the night was a lowest bid auction where the winner walked away with a trip for 2 to Scotland for £5.02!

In total on the night £4076.32 was raised towards building Lweeza Primary School.

Marathon season is upon us - why not run a marathon for Football4Africa! Get a relay team together, run or walk the whole thing yourself. Download an official Football4Africa Sponsor form and get more details here.

You can also set up your own web-page for friends and family to make on-line donations.

Since October 2007 we have been collecting your old football shirts and sending them to the Third World. To date we've received thousands of shirts plus tons of other football related clothing from all over the UK, America, Finland, Turkey....

On behalf of everyone at Abaana & Football4Africa THANK YOU for your support.

For more information please see our Shirt Amnesty page.

After the success of our Football Shirt Amnesty (see below) we decided to take a football team to Uganda this summer. A squad of 16 played matches against local teams in Kampala, coached in Abaana schools and distributed some of the shirts you have donated.

Click here for some photos and a report of the team's trip.