A Ball For All

In 2016 on the 20th of July somewhere in a small place on earth called Greece an idea was born in a man’s mind: To create the world’s first mini football for blind children and find a way to donate it to children with visual impairment and schools all over the world. Since December 3rd, 2017 an International Campaign has launched “A Ball for All”. This year we have reached

Blind football is a Paralympic sport. It has been featured at the Paralympics since 2004 and is held every four years. The game is similar to the football that is played by sighted teams, although the speed is different. There are 5 players in one team, including the keeper, who

demonstrate the set of many skills: commitment to their fitness, concentration which is the key and the ability to locate each other. Furthermore, they need to know how to run, stop and start again with or without the ball. Also, the ball is different. It contains loose ball-bearings

so it rattles when it moves. The players locate the ball purely by the sound, thus, it means that the audience is quiet during the game. Balls for blind adults are available for sale and weigh more than half a kilogram.

In 2016 Elias Mastoras, founder of Youthorama NGO, created the world’s first mini ball for blind children. He said that “actually, it took me 21 years to realize that there was no such a ball for blind children to play. There was only a ball for adults, a very heavy one”. After meeting a 3 years old boy, he got inspired to create a ball which would be lighter, thus the game would be easier for blind kids. The first promo was held in Doha Qatar, during National Sports Day 2017 with the presence of Xavi Hernandez, ex-football player of Barcelona. The primary purpose of the project is a free distribution of the innovative ball for all visually impaired and blind pupils around the world. In 2019, implementation of A Ball for All educational program was approved by the Hellenic Ministry of Education for all schools in Greece. The NGO is focused on empathy and providing inclusive educational programs to

schools with the use of unique blind footballs for children. This is the goal of Inclusion.

Blind children can’t see the ball, but they can hear it!

Most importantly the lightweight football, which has bells inside, cannot be bought in a store. It can only be donated to blind or visually impaired children or young people and their schools. The average cost of one ball is 45 euro. The project covers all expenses: production of the ball, delivery and tax. Since 2017 more than 3 000 balls have been donated to 100 countries. The main goal for 2020 is to send 3500 more mini balls, that is why the new campaign has been started.

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Every team member working for A Ball for All is passionately committed to a single goal - donating the balls to blind kids around the world. Playing together blind football and teaching pupils about the project. A Ball for All is an amazing

project, which should be recognized throughout the globe. Deeply believing that the mini ball has a huge power – it is able to change someone’s life. A Ball for All needs your support.

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