1,000 Balls. 61,000 Kids. And We're Just Getting Started.
An update on the FTBLRLIFE Ball program, and a preview of what's coming to the U.S.
Please check out our Foundation Trailer:
Every FTBLRLIFE Ball starts as an object and ends as a connection.
One ball. One kid. One QR code that opens the door to a global football community.
Here is where those balls have gone, and where they're going next.
The impact so far
• 1,000 FTBLRLIFE Balls delivered • 61,000 kids impacted • 51% girls
Where the balls have gone
Our balls are used as match balls in leagues every weekend. They've landed with kids, coaches, and clubs:
• FTBLRLIFE Academies and players
• FTBLRLIFE Rising Stars League: used as match balls in our own competition
• Kenya Football Federation: 300 balls, with 80% going directly to girls' programs and the Kenyan Deaf National Team
• Kenya Women's Premier League: FBTLRLIFE balls have been used in top-flight women's football
• Kenya Men's Professional Leagues: FTBLRLIFE balls have been used in the second league in men's football
• Kenya Youth National Teams (Boys + Girls): training with the FTBLRLIFE Ball as they prepare to represent their country
• Uganda + Rwanda: expanding the program across East Africa
More than a ball
Every FTBLRLIFE Ball carries a QR code that connects the receiving player, team, or academy to our global community. A ball in a village in Kenya becomes a member profile, a story, a match highlight, a connection to another player in Brazil, Uganda, Spain, or the U.S.
We're also developing more technology for future balls. Data that lets us watch the community grow in real time, and gives donors, partners, and players a direct line to the impact they're creating.
A note from our founder
"When we started this, we knew we didn't want to run another charity drop. Charity is a short-term fix. One country happy for three months, then back to zero.
We built the FTBLRLIFE Ball to do something different. Every ball is a doorway into a global community. Every kid who gets one is now part of a movement in 130+ countries. That's how support becomes sustainable. You don't just give a ball, you connect a player. We want use resources created in our ecosystem to make this support part of our business model.
Seeing 1,000 balls in the hands of 61,000 kids, half of them girls, is proof this is working. And we're just getting started."
David Clarke, Founder, FTBLRLIFE
Zero Latitude Soccer Academy Profile
What's next
1,200 more FTBLRLIFE Balls are already in Kenya, ready to distribute. Another shipment is planned for this fall.
And for the first time, we're bringing the FTBLRLIFE Ball program to the United States.
Underserved players, academies, and youth programs here at home will begin receiving Foundation Balls in the coming months. The same ball. The same QR code. The same global community, now reaching kids in the U.S.
If you know an academy, coach, or program in the U.S. that should be part of this, reach out. We want to find them.
How to get involved
• Donate a ball: https://shop.footballerlife.com/collections/the-foundation-collection
• Sponsor a program: davidclarke@ftblrlife.com
• Nominate a U.S. recipient: davidclarke@ftblrlife.com
• Join the community: https://onelink.to/4jby6p
Every ball is a billboard. A portal. A connection.
The next 1,000 balls will find the next 61,000 kids.
And this time, some of them will be right here in the U.S.
