Wow, what a week. Since we only had 8 days in Kiribati, we and our partner from the Kiribati Islands Football Federation (KIFF) tried to put as much program into those days as possible. We are just now processing everything… [Read More]
Author: Hanna Görgen
Nasama Village
June 15th to 16th: After meeting the Nadroga rugby team at sunset, we headed to the nearby Nasama fishing village to prepare our workshop for the next day. We donned our sarongs for the official welcoming ceremony with the village… [Read More]
Nadroga Rugby and The Ball at Sigatoka Dunes
June 15th 2023: The LMMA had a surprise for The Ball and its carriers. They told us about the legendary champion Fiji Sevens Rugby Team that had won the nation’s first ever Olympic gold medals – a soure of immense… [Read More]
Joe Rokocoko and the Fijian Minister of Lands and Minerals Resources
June 15th: Fiji is a village, one could say. We learnt this on arrival as we ran into the famous Fijian rugby player Nasila Sila at Nadi International Airport. Fijians also love their seafood – and there is plenty of… [Read More]
LMMA enabling and facilitating workshops in Fijian Villages
As often is the case on this journey, we have been in search of partners and also funding to make the journey possible and the workshops be able to take place. Running workshops in Fijian Villages requires partners with a… [Read More]
The Bali Prison Ball
The Ball 2014 was hand-made in a prison in Sao Paulo state in a rehabilitation project called Painting Freedom. At the end of the journey, The Ball visited the Franco de Rocha Prison to meet its maker and was used… [Read More]
Green School Part 2: SDGs and Intercultural Fairplay
Workshop at Green School, Day 1 On May 29, we started our first workshop day with a Fairplay Football session with the students from different grades of the green school. We wanted to teach them the Fairplay rules in the… [Read More]
The Green School Part 1: School Assembly and Local Fairplay
The Green School Bali We were very impressed when we arrived at the Green School, by its sustainable structure and its location surrounded by trees and water. At first, we arrived at the Green camp which is next to the… [Read More]
The Ball in Bali (May 24 – June 5)
Indonesia is country 16 for The Ball en route to New Zealand and Australia and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Schedule: May 26: Presentation of The Ball at Community Festival at Green School May 29-30: Workshop on sustainability, gender… [Read More]
Hara Makers and the Recycling Plaza
On our last day in Malaysia we visited the PJ ECO Recycling Plaza in the Petaling Jaya district of Kuala Lumpur. There we were given a tour by Lee Yoon, co-founder of Hara Makers, a social enterprise that is upcycling… [Read More]
The Ball goes MAHSA University – Teamwork makes the Dream Work
May 11th and 12th: The next stop for The Ball was at MAHSA University. In August 2022 an SOF Team ran a 2-day workshop at BVB in Dortmund (Germany) with participants from various BVB departments – the BVB Academy, the… [Read More]
Port Dickson – Hari Raya
May 5th to 7th: The Ball carriers separated for a few days with Andrew heading with The Ball directly to Port Dickson and Iris visiting a friend in Johor Bahru before joining Andrew. There was enough time for The Ball… [Read More]