Boots for Aba’fana
du Nord, May 26, 2010
BOOTS for ABA’FANAFootball Supporters Kick Up Awareness and Fundraising Effort for South AfricaChicago, Illinois USA (May 5, 2010): Two advertising executives united by their love for the “beautiful game” set out to experience the first-ever World Cup staged in South Africa together, but along the way found a greater adventure was ahead of them.During the planning of their journey, they were introduced to the fastest growing township in South Africa, Khayelitsha, on the outskirts of Cape Town, via their local tour guide. They were introduced a local coach, with the football-appropriate name of Manchester, who struggles to find the simplest of gear for his team.Within the shadows of the magnificent stadiums and world-class facilities built specifically to showcase and change perceptions of Africa and reposition the continent in a positive light with South Africa as the theater and Africa the stage, these young boys, literally don’t have shoes to kick about on rocky, pebble-covered pitches.Like many townships