'Owzat for a Way to Break Barriers? Kenya to Introduce Hundreds of Children to the Sport of Cricket. David Clensy Reports.
Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › April 23, 2011
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THERE was a moment - an extraordinary realisation - while standing on the Kenyan savannah holding a bat and cricket ball, when it dawned on Bristol businessman Joe Downey that many of the children standing before him had never even heard of cricket.
As one of seven volunteers working with the charity Cricket Without Boundaries, Joe's recent visit to Africa was aimed at teaching HIV and Aids awareness, using cricket to break down any initial barriers.See the full content of this document
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'Owzat for a Way to Break Barriers? Kenya to Introduce Hundreds of Children to the Sport of Cricket. David Clensy Reports.
The trip saw Joe, the chairman of Tildenet, a Bristol-based netting company, coach no fewer than 1,500 Kenyan youngsters - some of whom had never even seen a bat and ball before.
"It was an emotional and exhausting two weeks," Joe says. "The travel and wo...See the full content of this document
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