Today, on the evening of the Euro 2012 Final, Rifti Valley Soccer Academy is launching an appeal for funds and we're hoping we can rely on our friends in the UK for support.
Our goal is to raise £2,500 to fund the first phase in the development of the academy. This will help us to achieve the following goals:
- To offer part-time employment to Philip and Patrick, the two men who currently work as security guards and run the football club in their voluntary time.
- This will help them to start organising to bring many more boys into the club and to run after-school and school holiday training camps.
- To enable us to fund transport and match day food for our teams.
Philip and Patrick are committed to getting the teams raising more money themselves; something the Page/Andrews family are offering advice and support on. We're also investigating ways to get costs down (such as borrowing a school bus for match day travel).
Would you please consider pledging either £25 or £50 today?
We're looking for:
- 25 of you to pledge £50
- 50 of you to pledge £25
... with all money to be paid up in the next 6 months (so plenty of time to save!).
If you are able to support us, the following great things will happen:
- We'll send you match reports and news of RVSA's progress.
- We'll add your name to our 2012 Rifti Valley Fan Club listing on this website.
- Steve will wear a Chelsea shirt for a day and allow himself to be photographed in it.
But most of all, you'll be joining our wonderful new football family out here in Kenya; helping Philip and Patrick to keep the young men of the Rongai slums busy, learning good values... and becoming a great football team.
To pledge, please write your name in the comments section below... or through Claire or Steve's facebook page, if you have access to those.
Thanks for your support, everyone!
