Michelle Obama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu visit AMANDLA EduFootball

Dear Friends and Supporters,

On the 23rd of June AMANDLA EduFootball was honoured by the visit of the US First Lady Michelle Obama and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu to show their support for the work of the organisation at Cape Town Stadium. After their speeches the First Lady and the Peace Nobel Prize Winner met with Florian Zech, Co-Founder and Managing Director of AMANDLA, who introduced them to the concept and mission of AMANDLA’s “Life-Skills through Football” activities. Much to the excitement and surprise of the participants both Tutu and Obama joined in the life-skills activity being implemented by the AMANDLA coaches. Read more...

Furthermore we are happy to report that the Germany trip of our team from Khayelitsha was a great success. The girls and boys enjoyed this special experience and you can still see the excitement in their faces whenever they talk about their journey. The kids also wrote a daily BLOG, which enables us to see Germany through their eyes. Please click here to view it on AMANDLA’s website...

For the third and last point of this special edition, the fund-raiser "Dr. Schulze doubles up" we would appreciate your support...

DR SCHULZE DOUBLES UP YOUR DONATION TO AMANDLA!

Last year Dr Christian Schulze graciously supported AMANDAL EduFootball with an extremely successful fundraising campaign and this year he will repeat this generosity. The concept behind the 2011 campaign is very simple: For every €URO donated up until December 2011, Dr Schulze will double the amount! Last time we were able to raise € 10,000.00 – this time around we hope to live up to the campaign’s slogan and DOUBLE UP! on our past fundraising for a grand total of € 20,000.00! All funds raised will go directly towards AMANDLA’s unique “Life-Skills through Football Programme” for young people who are forced to grow up separated from their families and in severely disadvantaged socio-economic circumstances in South Africa.

AMANDLA is very thankful for the continued support of Dr Schulze and we hope you will join this campaign and assist AMANDLA in achieving its goal

To participate in the DOUBLE UP! Campaign please click here…

...and make your contribution with the reference: Dr Schulze DOUBLES UP!

Remember every EURO you contribute counts twice. Thank you very much in advance for your participation and support!

For more information on the DOUBLE UP! Campaign click here…

You can make convenient and secure online donations via PayPal (click here), or donate via bank transfer:

Bank Account:

Account Name: AMANDLA EduFootball e.V. | Account Number: 8896700 | Branch Code: 70020500 | Type of Account: Charity | Full Name of Bank: Bank für Sozialwirtschaft | IBAN: DE20700205000008896700 | BIC: BFSWDE33MUE

We would like to thank all of our partners, supporters, sponsors and last but not least you for your invaluable support. Thank you very much!  

We hope for your continued support and interest in our educational work.  

Your AMANDLA EduFootball Team

According to Statistics SA, of all approximately 10 million young people between the ages 10 to 19 living in the Republic of South Africa over 20% have lost at least one parent. This statistic does not consider the additional numbers of young people that have to be removed from their families due to domestic violence, drug abuse, and/or sexual harassment/assault.

Hence AMANDLA EduFootball strives to equip young people with life-skills and knowledge to deal with difficult social circumstances, increase their career opportunities and provide a platform of dialogue through the medium of football.