Soccer Players in Africa Get a Buzz
10/06/2013
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Hi. Thanks for joining us again on “As It Is.” I’m your host, Kelly Jean Kelly.
Today Christopher Cruise and I are talking about young entrepreneurs … and one of the most popular sports in the world.
“Soccer is the international language of the world. People play soccer everywhere and they get a lot of joy out of it. And it brings communities together.”
That was Dave Stahl. He played soccer in college, at Chico State University in Northern California.
One of Dave’s teammates was Michael Mitchell. Michael joined the Peace Corps after graduation and worked for two years in Niger, in West Africa. When Michael returned, he and Dave developed an idea. It was called “Project Play Africa.” They believed that soccer could improve the lives of African children.
Dave and Michael spent 15 years organizing Project Play Africa. They raised thirty thousand dollars in donations. Then they ordered two thousand soccer balls from China.
Dave and Michael flew to Niger, rented a car, and drove into the countryside. They gave soccer balls and air pumps to the people they met.
“We’re driving down the road and going by this little village and we see about a dozen kids trying to play soccer and they were literally kicking around a sock filled with sand.”
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