Footballs for children

Footballs for children – Spirits retailer brings footballs to Okakarara (Namibia) and creates joy of playing at 31 degrees.

65 footballs were handed over to the employees of steps for children in Namibia at the beginning of April. And, of course, to steps children, who will be playing with these footballs in the future. 

The campaign was made possible by the Kinzigtal youth football club based in Hesse and the online spirits retailer African Spirits. JFV Kinzigtal had donated the leather footballs together with its sponsor Globus Baumarkt, while African Spirits managing director Markus Giesbert took care of the transport on his business trip to Namibia this year. And because Giesbert is also a children’s coach at JFV, he couldn’t resist organising a small football match with the children from steps for children as well. As a result, 25 children, including Giesbert (stand-in veteran footballer), sweated it out against each other for almost 30 minutes at just under 31 degrees in the stadium of OK Okakarara. “The worst thing is—even when you stop playing, you just keep sweating,” said Giesbert after the mini training session. In any case, the Namibian children have firmly resolved to train diligently and one day, as Namibian Warriors, to strike fear into Hansi Flick & Co. Learned with the “Footballs for children.”

We would like to sincerely thank JFV Kinzigtal, Globus Baumarkt and African Spirits managing director Markus Giesbert for donating the balls and taking care of the transport! This brought great joy to the children, who will remember the special game for a long time and for whom playing with real footballs will be motivation to continue training and get even better.