CAF to announce partnership with Books and Boots

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is set to announce a partnership with the Books and Boots Foundation.

According to a statement from CAF, the details of the CAF/Books and Boots collaboration would be announced ahead of the 2018 African Women's Cup of Nations to be hosted in Ghana.

Books and boots is a non-profit, social integration/education and sports intervention project, which has impacted many young lives through the adoption of three key pillars.

Established in 2008 by a group of young working professionals in Accra, coming from various backgrounds, Books & Boots was originally known as Street Soccer Africa but has now evolved to combine; Education (reading), Recreation (soccer) and General Communication (music and dance) to positively impact the lives of young people and their guardians in Communities across Ghana.

Books and boots tap nurture and develop raw, mental and sports talents whilst building character, leadership through discipline and teamwork.

Over the years, the project has been able to gather useful sports data especially relating to grassroots football.

This data can now be passed onto relevant education, civic, gender, and sports stakeholders.

An aspect of Books & Boots that has gained greater significance amid the economic challenges of the day is communities networking.

Books and Books have created a template that offers hope to the youth of Ghana and Africa through the simple congregation of like-minded people from different walks of life.

Realising the need to adequately equip people to be effective volunteers and educators, Books & Boots has forged a partnership with the Ghana Volunteers Brigade solely aimed at supporting the "Education with Recreation" vision.

Active Minds Reading Club is another vital partner in the growth and success of the Books & Boots Project with donations of books and provision of personnel for communities engagement.

The Educators and Volunteers program carries a simple mission; " train to empower" young volunteers, reading coaches, aspiring soccer coaches and other related personnel including those from the media.

Perhaps most significantly, Books & Boots is now at the stage where we seek partnerships to attract and create more resources to build infrastructure for lasting legacies.

In early 2018, the Communities Champions League Football concept was introduced with a pilot tour of Greater Accra, with a bigger aim is to build a football Academy by 2020.