Category Archive: Africa

GOOOOOOAL ETHIOPIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOOOOOOOAL ETHIOPIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, after a long scoring drought TWB is again putting balls in the back of the net, scoring goals for joy! After learning that Jeremie Brillant had given 10 soccer balls… Continue reading

GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL ZAMBIA!!!

Our long, dry, scoreless spell has finally been broken by this goal in Zambia. This adorable video was posted on our Travel With Balls Facebook page a couple of days ago by “Kenteweb.”… Continue reading

All Kids Deserve Real Balls

So why are we asking for people to give away soccer balls to kids when they’re traveling through underdeveloped countries? The above images, by Jessica Hilltout, a photographer who traveled throughout Africa to… Continue reading

TWB SCORE MOROCCO!!!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL MOROCCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When Abdellatif Alaoui first heard about Travel With Balls well over a year ago, he decided that the next time he went to visit his family in Morocco, he would do… Continue reading

“The Ball”

TWB team member and Pan African Film Festival coordinator Medea Brown sent us “The Ball,” this delightful 2 minute short by filmmaker Shams Bhanji about the magic a soccer ball brings to a small village in… Continue reading

Fes Festival of Sacred Music — The Inspiration for TWB

The world-famous Fes Festival of Sacred Music in Morocco begins this evening and continues for the next ten days.  The festival, which features sacred music from all over the globe and from all… Continue reading

Girls’ Soccer in Uganda

Even if you can’t personally give a soccer ball to kids because you won’t be traveling abroad in the near future there is still a way to become involved with soccer in the… Continue reading

Free! Or as they sing in Burundi, Sina Mali Sina Deni!

I love synchronicities.  Last week I blogged about getting to sing with Stevie Wonder at a recent memorial service and on Facebook this morning one of my friends posted a Stevie Wonder video… Continue reading

Whether it’s Soccer or Basketball, it’s Nothing But Nets!

Today’s TWB blog comes courtesy of Mike Lebow.  As most everyone already knows, college basketball’s March Madness tournament begins tomorrow.  It is one of sport’s most popular events and even those who don’t… Continue reading

Let’s Have the Balls to Bring Joseph Kony to Justice!

Anyone who has ever been fortunate enough to travel in Africa knows how friendly and beautiful the children there are.  They are like gorgeous flowers filled with joy and hope, their smiles as… Continue reading