Ethiopia competes for the Africa cup, the Netherlands for the World cup. The balls in the Netherlands are of good quality. In Ethiopia people sometimes have no more than a lump of clay with a piece of plastic or old cloth around it. But the fun is not less. Especially in remote areas life can be tough, and that is why we distribute balls with an air pump there to a club, a village elder and school director. The mere enthusiasm makes our flesh creep.
The Ballenzaak www.deballenzaak.nl has provided us with footballs for a fantastic price. Frans Snijders of All Brake Systems in the Dutch city of IJsselstein has paid that price for us, and added a number of caps and shirts as well.