Show Me Your Mo!
When the match is over and we're celebrating a victory, we call on our teammates to perform some action showing their style and personality.
Sometimes it's a goal celebration; sometimes it's a dance; sometimes it's just pulling a funny face.
Join us by filming your 'mo' and sharing your films to encourage others to donate to our cause!
See the video
here or above to find out what is a 'mo'!
Millennium Stars Football Club formed in 1997 when most of us were around 14 years old. We were lucky enough to tour the UK in 1999 and since then have tried to use our example of what can be achieved through football to develop
young people in Liberia through football coaching.
(A 40-minute film about the history of Millennium Stars is
here.)
But Ebola has even stopped football - earlier this year the Liberian government banned all communal activities that might increase the spread of the virus, and that includes football.
Since we suspended all on-field activities, we have been working collaboratively with some community Task Forces in disseminating anti-Ebola messages and health tips to the citizenry.
Now, with your help we want to step up our activities. We want to use our energy and contacts to get out into the community to help improve the situation.
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First, we will be picking up contacts of persons showing signs of the virus and putting them in touch with the nearest treatment units as soonest as
possible so as to cut the chain of transmission. -
Second, during this campaign the team intends to 'Reach Out' to those caught up in the most vulnerable condition and in dire need of food and anti-Ebola
materials such as Chlorine buckets, Clorox, Dettol, soap, etc. -
Finally, we will continue to raise awareness of how people can prevent the spread of the virus, and keep themselves safe.
Everything is in short supply here at the moment, so prices have risen. Here is an idea of some of the expected costs:
One bucket $10.00 (target: 26 buckets)
A crate of Chlorine $50.00 (target: 5 crates)
A crate of Clorox $50.00 (target: 5 crates)
A crate of Dettol $60.00 (target: 4 crates
A box of Vinyl Gloves $15.00 (target: 10 boxes)
One dozen T-Shirts (for community outreach volunteers) $30.00 (target: 5 dozen
A pair of Rain Boots $12.00 (target: ten pairs)
Recently, we've heard that numbers of people showing symprtoms of Ebola in LIberia have levelled out. Previously they were doubling every two weeks. We know the next four months will be hard, but numbers of infections are expected
to be under control by Spring 2015. Please help us to get through these difficult times.
You don't have to Show Us Your Mo, if you don't want to. We're happy to receive donations in any regard. But if you want to join us in keeping a happy outlook in confrontation to this latest catastrophe to befall us, then we would
be delighted to see your 'mo' posted on facebook. We'll launch a few of our own and challenge some of our friends up there as well, to get the idea 'mo'ving!!!
More information about Millennium Stars
Twitter: You can follow Millennium Stars on Twitter: @star_millennium
(If you tweet about the campaign, please use the hashtag: #ebolastars. Thanks!)
Facebook: The MIllennium Stars Facebook page is here.
