The Balls Activating Literacy & Leadership (BALL) has announced that it will give out balls and shoes to 25 female basketball players on Tuesday, September 3, in Lagos.
The convener, Femi Adefeso who revealed this, said the group through it ‘One BALL Campaign (Summer Edition)’ provides sports equipment for budding players in the underserved communities.
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“It started in 2020 from the inspiration I got interviewing Lebron James at the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls in 2018. I realised through sports journalism because I took education as serious as i took playing basketball,” he said.
“I lived my NBA dreams right there and then in the NBA locker room._ Ever since have been holding mentorship sessions, equipment drives, advocates for schools and education among sports men.
“Our equipment drive is called the one ball campaign. We believe a ball can change a life and plus the 25 equipment we will give now, sum up to 300 we have given in the last 3 close 4 years since we started. We have done the campaign in Ijebu ode, Abeokuta, Ilupeju.
He added that the objective is aimed at inspiring the players to keep their dreams alive.
“We have given a sum of 300 sports equipment and impacted over 2000 youth through our mentorship & advocacy program,” he added.
“Our goal is to give a thousand sports equipment every year and give a million in about 10 years. The journey is still far, we just started and we are gradually building up. It is going to be an equipment drive plus a basketball clinic.
