Alive & Kicking UK

Click on the links below to learn more about the organisations we give our balls to...

Primary and Secondary Schools
Many primary classes can often have 60 or more pupils because of a shortage of teachers - can you imagine that?! Even though many children never make it to secondary school there still aren't enough resources for many subjects, especially sport... Read on

Orphanages

The rapid spread of diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria in sub-Saharan Africa has resulted in a large increase in the number of orphans. In Kenya alone, it is estimated that there are over 1.6 million children, who have lost one or both parents... Read on

Youth Organisations & sports clubs

In Kenya (just like in the UK), there are many community based organisations, run almost entirely by volunteers, that use sport to improve young people's lives. More and more of these organisations in Kenya are using Alive & Kicking balls... Find out more

Street Children

A street child is someone under the age of 18 who spends some or all of their time on the streets and/or recieves some or all of their livelihood from working on the streets. In Kenya, there are an estimated 250,000 children living on the streets... Read on

Slum Projects
In the developing world millions of people live in Slums on the outskirts of the major cities. It is thought that three million people live in Kibera and Mathare, the two largest slums in Nairobi - that's more than the population of Wales... Find out more

Refugee Camps
Many countries in Africa have been involved in conflict and civil war, forcing many people to leave their homes in search of food, shelter and safety. Zambia is thought to host tens of thousands of refugees from the Democratic Rebublic of Congo... Read on