We have been involved with providing recycled Wokingham & Emmbrook Football Club kit to the Junction Baa Football Academy in The Gambia now since 2015.

It started with Anne Laleman, the mum of a WEFC player from one of our girl’s teams, asking what we did with our old kit. Through her job travelling overseas, she had links with certain African countries providing things they could not get, one being football kit.

The first time we sent kit over to The Gambia in 2015, Anne took it in her suitcase with her own belongings, on a trip she had already scheduled. When she returned she told us how thrilled they were to get the kit and it was the first time they ever put out a team with matching shirts!

There was still much more equipment they needed so through the club we put the word out to parents, players, managers etc for any old, but reusable, boots, bibs, balls, pads etc, as well as clothing, that we could send. In January 2017 we collected enough kit to send, this time two pallets worth, which were gratefully received.

And that's how it started. The following September 2018 we sent out another kit delivery and have continued to send out regular shipments each year since.

The Junction Ba Football Academy senior coach Siaka Jatta keeps us updated with what they are doing out there and you and read all the latest correspondence here.

We want to thank our WEFC community for their donations and the continued support for this project.