Club Donates Kit To Kenya As Part Of Successful Charity Trip

[moore_94]

https://www.lcfc.com/news/2671998/club-donates-kit-to-kenya-as-part-of-successful-charity-trip

 

Leicester City representatives accompanied the Royal Air Force in delivering kit to various Kenyan schools as part of a relief effort undertaken earlier this year.
 

- Kit donated by Leicester City reached Kenya earlier in 2022
- First team kit co-ordinator Rob Owen was part of the travelling team 
- A joint effort from the military and civilians helped supply 12,000 items
- Kelechi Iheanacho took part in a Q&A session at one of the locations
 

A travelling party of 15 included one of City’s first team kit co-ordinators, Rob Owen, who joined the team representing the RAF Shawbury-based Taking Football to Africa & Beyond Appeal in their mission to deliver ‘Aid through Football’.

 

Kit supplied by LCFC was distributed across the country over a 10-day trip to the East African nation, marking the 15th visit since the appeal first launched in 2006.

 

During that time, over 300,000 items of football kit and children’s clothes have been supplied to 59 countries worldwide. In 2022 alone, close to 12,000 items were handed out to 36 groups, schools, orphanages, academies, and children’s homes.

 

A journey which began in February 2022, after 18 months of planning work, took the team to the country’s capital, Nairobi.

 

Gilgil, Mathare, Githorogo and Kibera were some of the other locations visited, as well as the largest slum in Africa, in Kibagare, where Foxes forward Kelechi Iheanacho took part in a live Q&A session with those from Kibagare FC.

 

In the town of Ruiru, meanwhile, on the edge of Nairobi, the team played a football match against the children.

 

Organiser, Wing Commander Neil Hope MBE, who is currently based at Shawbury, commented: “Huge thanks go out to all who have assisted the Appeal, especially to Leicester City, who have donated so much kit.”

 

Edited 10 July 2022 by moore_94

[The Year Of The Fox]

3 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

https://www.lcfc.com/news/2671998/club-donates-kit-to-kenya-as-part-of-successful-charity-trip

 

Leicester City representatives accompanied the Royal Air Force in delivering kit to various Kenyan schools as part of a relief effort undertaken earlier this year.
 

- Kit donated by Leicester City reached Kenya earlier in 2022
- First team kit co-ordinator Rob Owen was part of the travelling team 
- A joint effort from the military and civilians helped supply 12,000 items
- Kelechi Iheanacho took part in a Q&A session at one of the locations
 

A travelling party of 15 included one of City’s first team kit co-ordinators, Rob Owen, who joined the team representing the RAF Shawbury-based Taking Football to Africa & Beyond Appeal in their mission to deliver ‘Aid through Football’.

 

Kit supplied by LCFC was distributed across the country over a 10-day trip to the East African nation, marking the 15th visit since the appeal first launched in 2006.

 

During that time, over 300,000 items of football kit and children’s clothes have been supplied to 59 countries worldwide. In 2022 alone, close to 12,000 items were handed out to 36 groups, schools, orphanages, academies, and children’s homes.

 

A journey which began in February 2022, after 18 months of planning work, took the team to the country’s capital, Nairobi.

 

Gilgil, Mathare, Githorogo and Kibera were some of the other locations visited, as well as the largest slum in Africa, in Kibagare, where Foxes forward Kelechi Iheanacho took part in a live Q&A session with those from Kibagare FC.

 

In the town of Ruiru, meanwhile, on the edge of Nairobi, the team played a football match against the children.

 

Organiser, Wing Commander Neil Hope MBE, who is currently based at Shawbury, commented: “Huge thanks go out to all who have assisted the Appeal, especially to Leicester City, who have donated so much kit.”

 

I bet they scored from a corner too 

 

Nice work though. 

Edited 10 July 2022 by The Year Of The Fox

[MPH]

Lovely stuff

[adejo92]

Even they wouldn't take Vestergaard as a donation. 

[Guest Lako42]

How is supplying a load of football kit a relief effort? 

 

Call me synical but I bet there are a few items that may be required a bit more than a football shirt. 

 

 

[VLC86]

2 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

How is supplying a load of football kit a relief effort? 

 

Call me synical but I bet there are a few items that may be required a bit more than a football shirt. 

 

 

Maybe but it’s a t shirt. You would be shocked at home many 3rd world countries just wear football shirts.

 

When I was in Cambodia that’s pretty much what they wanted.

[Pst]

41 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

How is supplying a load of football kit a relief effort? 

 

Call me synical but I bet there are a few items that may be required a bit more than a football shirt. 

 

 

Why are you so miserable and negative? Literally every thread you post in. 

[Guest]

46 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

How is supplying a load of football kit a relief effort? 

 

Call me synical but I bet there are a few items that may be required a bit more than a football shirt. 

 

 

Yeah there's absolutely no way impoverished children could be in need of pointless luxuries like clothes

[Ric Flair]

They got any left footed right wingers? Asking for a mate

[Ryy]

11 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

They got any left footed right wingers? Asking for a mate

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/francis-kahata/profil/spieler/260252

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, Lako42 said:

How is supplying a load of football kit a relief effort? 

 

Call me synical but I bet there are a few items that may be required a bit more than a football shirt. 

 

 

You are being cynical. 

[coolhandfox]

2 hours ago, Lako42 said:

How is supplying a load of football kit a relief effort? 

 

Call me synical but I bet there are a few items that may be required a bit more than a football shirt. 

 

 

Takes real effort to be this negative.

 

 

Edited 10 July 2022 by coolhandfox

[Guest Lako42]

Everyone jumping on me is fine. It's a mere observation. 

 

I saw something a long time ago about football shirts on African kids and the image it portrays and a group saying they preferred normal clothing, it was more about the specifics of it being football kit really. 

 

Willing to concede my levels of cynicism may be higher than necessary here.