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Recycling leather plane seats as footballs

The Ball 2010 was fairly made by hand by Alive & Kicking in Nairobi, Kenya.Alive & Kicking is an African social enterprise that manufactures sports balls to create jobs for adults, provide balls for children and promote health education through sport. Alive & Kicking has started making balls from from recycled leather plane seats in a partnership with South West Airlines.

Written by on Saturday, July 19th, 2014

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The Ball 2018 left England on 25th March 2018 and travelled to the World Cup in Russia.

The Ball 2014 kicked off from England on 9th Jan 2014 and headed to the World Cup in Brazil.

The Ball 2010 left England on 24th Jan 2010 headed to the Opening Ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Ball 2006 travelled from London to the Opening Ceremony in Munich, Germany.

The Ball 2002 was carried 7000 miles across Europe and Asia to the World Cup finals in Korea & Japan.