Hi my name is Giowou Arsel. I am the founder of the Harmony Baseball Academy and Harmony Briarwood Little League, a newly formed academy whose vision is to promote the favorite pastime of the United States to the Cameroonian people. Baseball has been my passion since I was a child. In 2013, I had the honor of being qualified among the children who would represent Cameroon in Japan at the WCBF (World Children's Baseball Fair). I hope every child in our nation can have such a wonderful experience!

I am a huge fan of the MLB teams. I'm watching some MLB teams videos on youtube because we don't have channels showing the game here.

 

Today, around fifty children play ball in the Yaoundé region. Although it is difficult to buy baseball equipment here in Cameroon, we are content with what we have and improvise for what we do not have. Children love the game and are as excited about it as I am. In addition to teaching them how to play ball, our goal is also to build good character in their lives by teaching them things like teamwork, fair play and reliability. And furthermore, we tell the children to live a good moral life on the ground - lives that please God and make them better citizens of their country.

 

Here in Cameroon, baseball is a sport that does not develop.

my goals and my dream is to build a baseball stadium in Cameroon, to train great players and why not train future MLBs, to make training camps for coaches and players, to invite foreigners to come here in Cameroon to teach more and develop our players, bringing the love of baseball to children, giving children opportunities through baseball, making our best players travel.

 

my needs are: funds to be able to organize championships for our children, baseball fields, jerseys, pants, gloves, nets, bats, shoes, balls, tee, bags, training program. in short we need everything that can help us for the good training of our players.

 

It is true that I cannot achieve all of my goals alone. This is why I wrote this letter so that you can help me with my goals, my needs and help me for the development of baseball in Cameroon. and for our young players and their future.

A good proportion of kids in Cameroon sleeps under bridges on street or are use for labor .our vision is to give them a future through sport and education.

we have a container full of baseball equipment sent to us from the United States.  but now we have problems to be able to withdraw it because the customs fees are extremely expensive.  that's why we created this GoFundMe.  to be able to collect $5,000 which will help us remove the equipment from customs.  finally bring the game to another community

 

attached to this the link to the academy website, some articles that have been written about me and my academy.

 

http://harmonybaseball.net

 

https://kenferminsbu.wordpress.com/2020/02/05/arsel-giowou-teaching-americas-pastime-to-the-next-generation-of-cameroon/

 

https://studentunionsports.com/harmony-academy-bringing-baseball-to-cameroon/

 

https://www.wpri.com/dont-miss/east-greenwich-pitching-coach-donates-jerseys-to-baseball-academy-in-africa/