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Sneakers Arrive in Africa
This week we received great news from one of our clients, Rick Gill, a high school teacher in Surrey, BC.
In April, Rick organized a 40-foot container of donated sports gear to go to Cape Town, South Africa as part of the Hoops 4 Hope project. Just a year-and-a-half ago Rick opened the Hoops 4 Hope Fund at Tides Canada, to support youth and community development in South Africa and Zimbabwe by combining the joy of basketball and soccer with an effective HIV/AIDS prevention and life skills curriculum.
Thanks for letting us know the container arrived Rick. Keep up the good work!
From: Rick Gil June 23
"…Hoops 4 Hope and Soccer 4 Hope were in full action at the launch of the new Ikamva Rainbow Center where we have our new H4H offices. Luckily it has a hoops court in the front yard complete with grandstands to handle the inevitable crowds.
The celebration brought the YPO (Young Presidents Organization) to film the event for a short movie on our community development work making everyone feel like stars!
I am sending you these pictures with great pride and joy. It is with the generous support of all of you that we were able to help these kids and many more out. We could not have done this without your support. Thanks! "
Soccer 4 Hope girls from Lwazi Primary School.
Hollywood or the NBA here we come!
New St. George’s Saints uniforms donated from Vancouver Canada, in action in Africa.
Hoops 4 Hope is a not-for-profit organization that supports youth development in Zimbabwe and South Africa by working with schools, shelters, and community organizations.
Hoops 4 Hope provides the most basic tools that young people need to play team sports and face the many challenges of growing up in communities plagued with poverty, crime, and HIV/AIDS. We build basketball courts, organize leagues, distribute athletic equipment collected from around the United States, run coaching clinics, organize tournaments, supply financial assistance for team travel, host international basketball coaches and players, and provide children with a safe, nurturing environment in which they develop more than just skills for the court, they develop SKILLS 4 LIFE!
