By Sarah Van Vooren, Atoot Co-Founder, Equal Playing Field Ambassador and member of our Spirit of Football Family Arriving early to the sprawling campus of Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation in the north suburbs, Festival23 was buzzing with positive… [Read More]
Tag: Pacific
The 10,000th signature!
On the way to the airport on June 29th, we took a picture at the highest point on South Tawara, Kiribati. Posing here serves the purpose of an interesting picture, but at the same time shows how existentially Kiribati is… [Read More]
Football in the Rain with Betio Sports Group
After coming back from the outer island on June 27th, we jumped right into our next workshop. This time were joined by 20 young women and men from different sports teams in Betio. Generally, we had noticed during our workshops,… [Read More]
Reception and official Signing of The Ball in Kiribati
For the official Signing of The Ball in Kiribati on June 24, a number of esteemed guests were invited. It was a pleasure to get to know Marni from the New Zealand High Commission to Kiribati, as well as Yaobin… [Read More]
The President and only female Minister of Kiribati sign The Ball during Police Day
June 23: On our second day in South Tarawa, the ‘main land’ of Kiribati, the most densely populated of the Kiribati Islands, we were invited to observe the Police Day Celebration. The impressive march by the police forces was… [Read More]
The Ball meets U19 Kulas
U19 Kulas – U19 Fiji National Football Women’s Team We were invited to present The Ball at the Fiji Football Association’s Annual Congress. After the President of the FFA (Rajesh Patel) and Fiji’s most famous ever footballer and Captain of… [Read More]
The Ball in Fiji
Fiji is outspoken on climate change issues. It’s population is existentially threatened by climate change. Fiji is also a sports-crazy nation. People love sports in Fiji and football itself has a long and healthy tradition. Spirit of Football aims to… [Read More]