SPORTPESA DONATES FOOTBALL KITS TO RIRUTA ACADEMY

SportPesa donates football Kits to Riruta Academy

 

 

 By Vera Shawiza

 

 

SportPesa, through its Kits for Africa

program has donated football kits

to Riruta’s Mainstream Football

Academy to support its players under

various age categories.

 

 

 

The items comprising jerseys, shorts,

bags and training gear will help the

academy which nurtures and develops

football talent in the area with players

ranging between ages two (2) to twenty

three (23).

 

 

 

“Kits for Africa was started with the

purpose of supporting football loving

communities so that they can enjoy the

sport as well as nurture talent. This will

also help create a large pool of skilled

players to make the squads of various

clubs and the national teams that will

one day make Kenya proud,” said

SportPesa Public Relations Manager Lola

Okulo during the handover.

 

 

 

Kits for Africa is an initiative that

encourages football fans to donate their

old kit for under     privileged grassroot

teams across Africa. This initiative has

led to over 50,000 kits collected and

passed on to football loving

communities in Kenya, South Africa,

Tanzania among other countries in the

continent.

 

 

 

“We believe in nurturing the kids, and

this donation will go a long way to help

us achieve that. We therefore thank the

SportPesa team and ask that they make

this a partnership to ensure these kids

are well nurtured in sports”, said Coach

Christopher Karanja.

 

 

 

This marks the fifth year that SportPesa

is running this project aimed at building

and developing grassroot football as part

of the company’s pledge to transform

lives through sports.