This time Laureus Chairman Edwin Moses took children from the Laureus-supported Sport for All project in Katlehong, near Johannesburg, to watch the England World Cup team play a practice match against local team Platinum Stars in Moruleng.
Laureus England Team visit
Fabio Capello with Laureus Kids
Edwin Moses with the Laureus Kids at the US Footbal Team's Camp
Sunday the Laureus kids from the Soweto Schools Rugby Project visited the US Team’s training camp with Edwin Moses. The kids were thrilled to see the team and to be able to tak e pictures you can see here.
Edwin Moses at the price giving ceremony with Lakruwan and Manu
Lakruwan and Manu (Seeningama Sport for Life Programme beneficiaries) recently participated in a LSFG project exchange where they met 4 other participants from the Laureus Sport for Good Network ( Indigo Youth Movement and Soweto Rugby Schools Programme)
Here are their impressions
Children standing on horses at CSI Mercedes Event
The large audience at the Mercedes-CSI show was treated to a special presentation before the traditional main event on Sunday, when children and young people from the one-year-old Laureus Cavallo project gave an exciting display of their horse-riding abilities. The project, which promotes social skills among children and young people through their contact with horses, will be expanded in Switzerland during 2010 in response to strong demand. Read more
Marcel Desailly, the French football legend who was born in Ghana and has now returned to live in Accra, received an ecstatic welcome from hundreds of young Ghanians as he visited a Laureus-supported OrphanAid Africa project in Ayeniah.
Marcel shows the kids his skills
Desailly, who was joined on the visit by Edwin Moses, the Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, met the Ayeniah community elders and project volunteers before taking part in football and basketball sessions with the young people. Desailly is a major supporter of OrphanAid Africa and became a Patron of the organisation in 2005. The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation also announced its support for OrphanAid Africa last year.
Marcel said:
Three years ago I met Lisa Lovatt-Smith who runs the project. She persuaded me to go and see it and when I did I knew immediately I wanted to get involved. I decided to raise money for food and medecine for the children, but I also realised the need for a sport element at the project, as I saw good potential in the children. All kids deserve a chance to be able to play sport. Sport gave me so much in my life, this is all about what I can give back to these children.
