ACEH’S POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION BOOSTED WITH FOOTBALL DONATION
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE SOUTH Asian tsunami did not just destroy homes and businesses - it wrecked schools, social clubs, and sports facilities. Now a donation of 50,000 footballs has been made to encourage sporting fervour in Aceh, Indonesia, the region worst hit by the disaster. Sports company NIKE, MercyCorps Canada and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have given Aceh football clubs, schools, universities and Islamic boarding schools (Dayah) in 21 Aceh districts these high quality English and Dutch footballs. "The donation is a way to help reduce ...
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