Chess for Malalo Sports!

Bonnie Filker is organizing this fundraiser.

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Malalo Sports is a 501-c3 based in Zambia's Copperbelt region. Their goals are to help connect youth to sports and as many opportunities to enrichment as possible.

I was connected with Malalo Sports through the United Nations, as they were looking for someone to help them acquire Chessboards. What it turned into was a beautiful journey where now over 600 young people in the region will have access to the following:

1. Painting and rehabilitating the rooms (two- 12 metres by 15 each)= $200
2. Tables (30 tables)   $30 @10=$250
3. Chairs 30 @ $10=$300
4. Chess sets    30 @$21= $630
5. Clocks        5 @$15   = $75

6.Affiliation to Chess body $90 (Through our search for chess sets, we got connected to the International Chess Federation, now this new program out of Malalo Sports is going to be competing with Zambias chapters and soon beyond.)

Total costings $1565.00

The more we can fundraise, the more we can buy to give these young people the best chess club we can. As you might imagine, 600 people using this equipment over maybe a few years, extras will become useful sooner or later. Also, our original goal was for 50 Chess sets. Do you want to help us get to 50 sets? Please donate or share with someone who can. Thank you so much.

Sincerely,
Bonnie + Malalo Sports

Please donate what you can to support opportunities for youth internationally.
http://www.malalosport.com/index.html

About Us. Geographical and social situation
The town of Chililabombwe is located in the north-central Copperbelt province of Zambia in Southern Africa. Chililabombwe has a population of 100,000 people and is supported by two key industries - mining, employing approximately 2,000 people and farming on a smaller basis.

Zambia is one of Africa’s poorest countries ranking 165th out of 177 countries and has one of the highest prevalence rates of HIV in the world – 17% of 15-49 year- olds. Approximately 80% of people are unemployed and over two thirds live below the poverty line.

• Impoverished families survive on < $1 USD per day

• 68% below poverty line with most surviving on < $1 USD per day (UNDP 2007)

• Very limited secondary school education with only 23% enrollment rate (UNICEF 2007)

• HIV/AIDS and poverty afflict mostly women and children

• High child mortality rate (182 out of every 1,000 children do not survive their 5th birthday) – UNICEF 2007

• Youths are the most vulnerable group

• Youths frequently end up as malnourished, orphaned street children who fall prey to criminality.

Thank you.

http://www.malalosport.com/index.html