We just added this story along with the images taken by Richard Mulonga in Lusaka. The story is about an organization called Alive and Kicking Zambia which, in Richard’s words, “The company makes hand-stitched leather footballs that carry health messages on HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. They are durable, educational and recreational. Alive and Kicking also creates employment for male, female and physically challenged stitchers, who have a target of three footballs each per day.”
You can see the full article and all the images on the Twenty Ten Africa Media Online website. Here are a few of Richard’s images:
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- David Banda is one of the stitchers at Alive and Kicking Zambia where they make leather footballs. The footballs are donated to vulnerable players in society. David has to make a minimum of three footballs each day. He earns a living from stitching footballs. The footballs made at Alive and Kicking Zambia carry a health message on malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. © Richard Mulonga/ Twenty Ten Project/ Africa Media Online
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- Darius Bwalya is a supervisor for leather ball Zambia. He inspects all footballs made by other stitches to ensure they meet the high standard. Alive and Kicking donates made made footballs to orphanages, community schools and other places for vulknerable people. Some footballs are sold in selected supermarkets. Picture/Richard Mulonga/Twenty Ten Project
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- Children at Vision of Hope community school juggling footballs that were donated by Alive and Kicking-Zambia, which makes hand stitched balls in Lusaka while their peers spectate. The footballs carry sensitasation health messages on malaria. © Richard Mulonga/ Twenty Ten Project/ Africa Media Online
