ABOUT
AFRICA ON
THE BALL.
OUR STORY.
How we started: Why Scotland, Why Zambia?
In 2011, a 21 year-old student footballer from Stirling Uni, Scotland, Andrew, was united by his passion for the sport and Africa when he met the 21 year old semi pro footballer from Lusaka, Kelvin. Kelvin had lost both parents by the time he was 15, and whilst playing in Norway he realised what football had given to him to change his life for the better. This drove him to return to his home of Kalingalinga, a challenged community in Lusaka, and try to make a positive change for others in his community. Together they set up a community football club that is so much more than a Pitch with grassroots outreach development projects that the players and soon to be local leaders worked together to implement.
So Africa On The Ball began, and not only did we start our first league matches as an academy, we went on to win the league. In 2013 the charity was formally registered in Scotland alongside a community football club in Glasgow (Glasgow On The Ball) to share their passion for the game as well as help raise funds and awareness for the works of Africa On The Ball.