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This small project was something I thought up last summer, when I visited the beautiful province of Niassa in northern Mozambique. My aim was to secure enough funding to produce an initial 50 footballs to be distributed throughout the various villages located in and around the Niassa reserve, with the intention of expanding the project in the future. Through the help of Fauna & Flora International and generous contributions from private donors, this first stage has been possible, and production is now under way.

The footballs are produced by a charity called "Alive & Kicking" (www.aliveandkicking.org.uk), and are made strong enough to survive the harsh conditions of rural Africa. They also carry messages about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and malaria - both very real threats the the people who live in these villages and their children. As well as these educational messages, the footballs will be branded with a logo for the reserve, which I have designed (below), depicting an African Wild Dog as a flagship species for the reserve.

The future of the people and wilderness in Niassa depends on good cooperation between the reserve management, the communities, and the private concessions around the protected area. This small project will hopefully only help to reinforce that cooperation.

Here is a link to a short video I made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6OrxoJB60I

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