Thank you for joining my adventure as we help Orphans in Africa together.
 

This year, I have committed to climb Mt.Kilimanjaro in December of this year to help a non-profit christian organization called Ambassadors in Sport (AIS) grow and multipy soccer academiess in South Africa. All of the money raised goes towards these academies that are not just soccer driven, but provide life skills development, HIV/AIDS education, and impart moral values into Africa’s next generations. They give many disadvantaged children the opportunity to progress not just in soccer, but in life!

Africa is expected to be overwelmed by 30 million AIDS orphans by the year 2010 (watoto.com). Further, every year in Africa, six million children die from malnutrition before their fifth birthday (cozay.com). These are some of the obstacles we are trying to overcome!  

Donating to a Great Cause:

If you would like to join us in this effort donations can be made through this web page or checks can be made out to Ambassadors in Sport. Donations will receive a tax deductible receipt. Make sure to write Kilimanjaro Project/ Daphne Ryan on the memo part of the check. The mailing address is: AIS P.O. Box 847 Twinsburg, OH 44087.

Donating through Firstgiving is quick, easy and totally secure.  If you’re a US taxpayer, your donation is tax deductable.

Every Individual donation of 50 dollars or more will have their name put on the flag that will be unvailed at the summit! Give me the honor of carrying your name up Kilimanjaro, having you there by my side as we reach our goal together.

Sponsor 50¢_ 75¢_ $1_ $2, or the amount of your choice per 100ft climbed! The mountain is 19,340 ft high and rises 15,100 ft from its base. The totals for sponsoring per 100ft of elevation gain are as follows: 50¢=$75, 75¢=$115, $1=$150, $2=$300, $4=$600 and so on... Every Individual donation of 50 dollors or more will have their name put on the flag that will be unvailed at the summit!

The Goal is to raise $100,000 to launch a new Academy in 2009!

Thanks so much for your support! 
Together we can bring Hope to Africa through soccer.

This fundraising effort includes 11 people from around the world who believe enough to face the challenges of climbing Kilimanjaro as a demonstration of the mountains we are climbing in Africa.

To find our more about AIS - Africa go to www.ais-africa.co.za, and to follow the Kilimanjaro project go to:

Our project website is:

www.aisclimbskili.com

Below is a brief testimony from a staff member about one of the Hope Academies.
Hi AIS Family,

I just want to update you one one of the best days I have had since joining AIS 5 years ago.

On the 6th of September we held a family day in Drakenstein for the Hope Academy project. It was an amazing day where God showed up BIGTIME!

It was a historic day as no family members had ever been allowed inside the prison sections ever before!

We held a match where the family members watched, we then presented the Hope Academy program, the boys did a presentation and the family members were taken into the prison and shown the cell where the boys live.

I will try and sum it up very quickly but it is hard to put this day into words:-

Just imagine a day where God brought mother and son back together after years of disappointment and separation. The boys said “this is the first time my family has ever watched me play sport”. One warden cried and others were deeply moved as they saw how God had changed the boys as they were being reconciled with their families. Some boys testified how God has changed them this year, how they were in gangsterism but God showed them another way and how God has shown them HIS love this year. Not one father turned up on the day which brought sadness but one boy stood and testified how the boys want to break this cycle and be the father figures for this next generation. One boy cried on his bed as his family did not come and other parents came around and prayed over him – he was broken but we believe God can turn this bad feeling in his heart into something good and that he will never do the same to his children. Some of the parents said that they have not been able to sleep peacefully all the years their child has been in prison, but that day they could sleep in peace knowing where their child was sleeping and knowing he was in this program. At the end Precious (one of the boys) stood high on a box in the cell and preached to all the families, boys, wardens and AIS staff – and he prayed one of the most powerful prayers I have ever heard. God moved beyond our expectations – the boys will never be the same after this day and neither will we.

Please don't pass up this opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of children throughout Africa.

Thank you for your investment that will last a lifetime for children without hope!

 

Sincerely,

Daphne