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Shirt charity - MAMATOTOS - Please hand old shirts into coaches

Mike Cotton11 Sep 2017 - 09:28
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Dear Jat/Hearts FC,

I am writing to regarding the above charity . Just to give a quick insight of the charity, MAMATOTOS is Swahill word which means Mother of children.

MAMATOTOS was founded in 2004 in Africa (Uganda near lake Victoria Njeru District ) , I founded the charity, my passion for sports , development and empowering children and young people in Africa and international, by sponsoring two orphans who had the passion for Sports and Education but they could not afford the fees, and above all they're HIV, I felt the need to help these these children but more so to empower them through the tools which was sports. Today my family and I are sponsoring /empowering 138, and the number continues to rise and yet we can't close the door for what we stand for ( sports, eduction ,empowerment /development for all)

Objects of the charity.
-The preservation and protection help, the relief of sickness and the advancement of education amongst young people in particular those of African origin in the diaspora and Africa.
-The provision of facilities for recreation, sports and other leisure activities for individuals who have need for such facilities by reason of their youth,age, all abilttiies financial hardship or social economic circumstances or for the public at large in interests of social welfare.

Challenges of the charity.
- proper training kits for the and young people
-facilities for creations, sports and leisure activities.
-funding /sponsorship /partnership
- sports equipments / educational
-the website is still on contraction, because of funding it's taking longer
-getting girls to enjoy sports especially football.
- we don't have own kits so we borrow from other clubs, which more challenging.
Achievements.
- four of MAMATOTOS children , who adults now graduated in 2014 , Michael, is Doctor now in South Africa, Mary is Nurse working in hospital in Uganda , Tina is a Teacher in her former secondary school, Ken is a Teacher and the assistant coach, he won the coach award U14 award 2016 (MAMATOTOS ), first orphans through MAMATOTOS.

-The charity football team reached top National super league 2015, but due to lack of equipments, kits, especially when they couldn't play bear foot at higher level, but the continued to achieve at District level. (Trophies etc)
-MAMATOTOS has got students from both the UK and USA in sports who been going to Uganda to help the children and young people achieve these goals of course with challenges.

Below are the fews pictures of the children and young people of MAMATOTOS .

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the chairman, the Hearts FC team and above all the parents who have donated to MAMATOTOS, this is the first time the charity has been greatly offered a donation ever since it was founded, this will change the life's these children and give them hope. I can not express my great happiness for children for the great dontion.

Many thanks

Sheba Sogol

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