May 2013 saw the first part of the United Through Sport Ghana recruitment programme for over 1000 aspiring young football players who were all vying for their chance to receive a prestigious scholarship at the United Through Sport School of Excellence. After weeks of scouring the country for Ghana’s budding young stars, the Ghana team […]
We are pleased to report on the increasing number of scholarships we are facilitating for children in the townships to go to “former model c schools” where they get to inter-act with different races and receive top level education. Pearson High School in Port Elizabeth was the first school we built this relationship with; in […]
Ryan Jones, Rugby Programme Coordinator, gives us a quick run down of what we have been up to in Tanzania: “Firstly, before I write anything else I have to get it out of my system, Tanzania is massive!! It’s a massive country, with massive mountains, scenery, culture and will always have a ‘massive’ long-lasting place […]
United Through Sport Ghana Volunteer, Michael Rossi, of London UK, has been coaching at the National Tennis Centre in Accra for the past 6 weeks to assist the development of grassroots tennis in Ghana. During his time in Accra, Michael worked one-on-one with Toshi. Toshi is amongst the most promising young players in Africa. The […]
A predictably scorching Easter Saturday in Teshie, Greater Accra witnessed the first in a series of United Through Sport organised Football Tournaments. Six teams would battle it out on the dusty Presby Park pitch to see who would be crowned inaugural Champions of the U13 Tournament. Hosting the tournament, United Through Sport Ghana entered two […]
A big thanks goes out to The Soccer Store for their very generous donation of brand spanking new football kit. Footballs, bibs, cones, water bottles and much more have been given to United Through Sport who will take the kit out to Ghana with them in June. Kids both on the Mass Participation Programme and […]
Volunteer coach, Jordan Palmer, was part of the Ghana Under-18 Women’s Hockey Team that played neighbouring Togo at the National Hockey Stadium in Central Accra this Saturday. Togo, Ghana’s West African neighbours were looking to make a statement by returning home victorious against their more experienced rivals. The game turned out to be a very […]
Building on the success of 2011′s preparation work and the foundations laid during 2012′s first mission, United Through Sport’s, Bhubesi Pride project, embarked on its second expedition this week to support the development of rugby in ten African countries and see the sport inspire further sustainable community projects. Our man Richard Bennett leads a team […]
A few weeks after their annual ‘Social Apprentice’ Programme, we were happy to receive news that two of the Wellington College students were coming back to sunny South Africa on holiday with their parents for Christmas. On receiving this news and the wish to spend a day with their Junior School of Excellence (JSE) buddies, […]
Tuesday’s training session featured a very special visitor. Good friend of United Through Sport Ghana and Swedish Premier League star, Thomas Boakye, came down to Presby Park to speak and offer inspiration to our boys. Thomas’ team, Östersunds FK gained promotion to the Swedish Premier League (known as the ‘Allsvenskan’) as Champions this season thanks […]
Graduates Thank United Through Sport for Transforming Their LivesNovember 2, 2015 - 2:37 am
Volunteer Teacher Jen talks to the Coaches in South AfricaJuly 2, 2015 - 2:31 pm
Park Pereyra Hockey Project a SuccessJune 1, 2015 - 10:47 am
Spar Women’s Challenge 5k “Most Beautiful Race in the World”May 7, 2015 - 11:03 am