Onside Football & Peace Network connects grassroots football clubs in Liberia.
The Christmas Dribble 2018 will raise money to send football gear from the UK to Liberia for use by the Onside Network teams.
We have four established Onside clubs, and we just reached out to eight new clubs in November 2018. 12 more are in line to join Onside next. The number is big and keeps on growing. In 2016, we had only two teams.
With the £2000 raised last year, we managed to transport 14 kitbags - weighing up to 23kg - full of used but good condition strips to Liberia. We're hoping to do even better this year!
While we are competitive on the pitch, we work together off it, using football to develop great people as well as great footballers. Each club has its own code of conduct to guide the players. Our priorities are education, peace-building and youth leadership.
Each club has teams for girls and boys aged 7 to 14, volunteer coaches and regular practices. The teams are embedded in their local communities.
Liberia is a football country and you see kids playing the beautiful game everywhere, but the surfaces take a heavy toll, particularly on boots and footballs.
