On Friday, July 12, Soccer For Dreamers, in partnership with the Ghana Football Association (GFA), donated football and menstrual kits to several clubs at the GFA secretariat in Ridge, Accra.

The male clubs benefiting from the donations were Agenda FC (Shai Hills), Fiakonya FC (Somanya), Abonya, Young Believers (Dodowa), and D-shooters FC (Odumse). Female teams from Greater Accra, including Teshie Constant Ladies, G.R.A Ladies, Halifax Queens, Immigration Ladies, and Sissamba Ladies, received menstrual kits.

Asanteman FC, a male disability football club featuring national team stars, also received donations. The event featured lectures on football integrity by Mr. Obed Tuffuor of the GFA Foundation and menstrual cup usage by Mrs. Sylvia Akwaboah, President of Soccer For Dreamers.

Mrs. Akwaboah noted that this year marks the third consecutive year of the initiative, which began in 2022. Beneficiaries included five women’s teams from the Greater Accra Region, four male teams from the Eastern Region, and one disability team from Kumasi. She emphasized the initiative’s goal of supporting as many teams as possible and highlighted the inclusive objective of including disability teams.

“The objective of this initiative is to support all players everywhere, irrespective of their location. For the first time, we had a disability team benefiting because we have been following the exploits in disability football and are excited to support them,” Mrs. Akwaboah said.

The partnership has consistently educated female footballers on menstrual hygiene and distributed menstrual cups at each event. Donations also included Nike-branded water bottles, Red Bulls T-shirts, Red Bulls Leipzig jerseys, and jackets from the New York Red Bulls Academy.

“Soccer For Dreamers is an inclusive organization. We started by ensuring women’s football was not left out, then combating menstrual poverty. We provided for skate soccer players last year, and seeing the need with the amputee football team, we felt it was essential to help where we could,” Mrs. Akwaboah added.

Players and coaches praised Soccer For Dreamers for their generous support. The initiative, started by three brothers—Baruch, Jed, and Kayden Akwaboah, who play school soccer in the USA—aims to support young footballers in Ghana pursuing their dreams in the sport.