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Oct 06, 2016 Sports
The Soccer Ball Project, an initiative of the Alex Bunbury Sports & Academics Academy (ABSAA) through Founder Mr. Alex Bunbury has been taking shape in Guyana where a number of schools and clubs have already received footballs.
According to one of the local Coordinators, Junior Forrester, the programme has been gaining momentum as a number of entities have already benefitted from this project.
He informed that the persons behind this are Mr. Carlos Lima – The Soccer Ball Project Founder and Founder of the ABSAA, Mr. Alex Bunbury whose academy focus is “Creating Hope & Opportunity Through Sports & Academics.
Those receiving balls to date are St. John’s Bosco Orphanage, Joshua House Children Centre, Tutorial Secondary School, Winfer Gardens Primary, Plaisance Primary & Secondary, St Paul’s Primary Plaisance Panthers U-17 FC, Kwakwani, Central High, St Georges High, St Ambrose, North Georgetown Primary and a number of clubs in Guyana’s interior.
Forrester also noted that the Soccer Project is a non-profit organization whose motto is making children smile, one ball at a time.
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