f! Discs for Africa

Discs for Africa starts with a very simple idea: Supporting the growth of Ultimate in Africa by sending discs to the players there. Playing conditions in Africa are usually really tough (playing on concrete or on a gravely pitch, grass is rare) and discs suffer a lot, they need replacement pretty quickly. No discs, no game!

We here in Europe and other developed countries have often too many discs - used and new - and giving some away to people who actually need them is not a massive effort. Let's do it!

How did all this start you wonder?

I travelled to Central African Republic last March and took 20 discs with me, started and trained 6 teams in 3 different neighbourhoods of the capital, Bangui, and did also some sessions with kid streets in an NGO. Everybody absolutely loved it and they were fast learners!

The day I left we organised a tourney on proper grass pitches, 5 aside with 2 subs, 6 teams, we had some music on the pitches and some drinks, it was great. With a strong football influence and neighbourhood pride, respecting the rules and spirit was actually the hardest thing, but I left them with great enthusiasm and 20 discs between 4 captains, which already at the time wasn't much to run practices.

I have had some news recently and there is basically only one team still playing as they are lacking discs...