What People Are Saying About The Ball – Parents and Coaches
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“The One World Futbol has changed how we can run our development programs with our community partners. Importantly, the ball reduces our costs because we know that it will not burst . . . ever! And knowing that we have a consistent number of One World Futbols at each program allows us to develop curriculum games that can be taught on a year-round basis and address the unique social issues faced by each of our partners. The One World Futbol is an important part of all our Soccer for Social Development programs.”
- Nick Gates, Founder and Executive Director, Coaches Across Continents (winner of the 2009 Beyond Sport Prize)
“Last October, while visiting my daughter in Ghana — she is a Peace Corp Volunteer there — we brough two futbols for the village school, one for boys and one for girl. After the futbol was in play for a short while the game stopped and a boy brought the futbol to my daughter with a huge thorn in it and a very long face. My daughter laughed, pulled out the thorn, and tossed him the futbol. Needless to say, the game continued. I saved the thorn.”
- Tom Stribula
“My backyard is full of deflated soccer balls from my kids kicking them against trees, rocks, and walls. I wish I’d known about this ball—and about this project—long ago.”
- Mark Richards, Executive Dean, University of California-Berkeley
“I believe this ball is so important for developing nations and communities because the more balls the kids have to play with the less time they have to get in trouble. Second, for countries like Liberia, the savings they can receive from this product will go a long way to help the many orphans and homeless kids in the country. Finally the largest cost anyone can incur with a soccer program is the cost of a soccer ball; you have to buy enough of them so it can last your entire season. In poor countries, where kids play in T-shirts, shorts and barefoot, this ball can allow them to always have a ball that is not going to go flat.”
- George Hopkins, Liberian coach and trainer with over 20 years coaching experience
“Ever since we got a One World Futbol, it’s become my kids’ ball of choice. It’s durable, and they tell me it plays like a soccer ball. We love that this ball doesn’t go flat and we’re not constantly looking for the ball pump. I used to buy a lot of soccer and other sports balls each year only to see them get quickly ruined. We have a “graveyard” of old balls-–punctured, deflated and peeling-–to show for it. We enjoy knowing that we’re not clogging up the landfills with more wasted balls, and it’s a great feeling to see my kids playing with the ball, knowing that a child in need somewhere else in the world is playing with a ball that we donated.”
- Carolyn Rashby, mom, Oakland, CA
“My son Aaron loves the One World Futbol. He uses it all the time, kicks it all over the place and it does not break. He just turned 6 and his mind is constantly saying ‘I wonder what would happen if…’ He’s very creative in his destructive tendencies and he has not been able to destroy this ball.”
- Elissa Gerson, mom, Oakland, CA