Container of soccer gear brings smiles to Shoshanguve

With only days to go until the Fifa 2010 Soccer World Cup kicks off for the first time on African soil, South Africa is on a soccer high. For a group of children from Shoshanguve on the East Rand it all became a reality when a container filled with donated soccer goodies was handed out to them at a sports day organised by Altussport Vuma, a Pretoria-based charity, to children from Shoshanguve. The sports day, which included a soccer tournament, saw children from the area kitted out in the donated football boots, track suits, kit, shorts and jerseys. The container of donated goods brought into the country by a.hartrodt from Germany arrived in May and was unpacked and kept at the company’s warehouse until the soccer tournament on May 15. According to a spokesman for a.hartrodt, several other companies such as ILA Shipping, Technical Industrial Services, Linatex, Standard Bank, Thomson Wilks Attorneys, Stallion Transport, Ron’s Cargo and CFR Freight were also involved in the event and charity, which saw many a child walk away with a smile.