Little Eagles Football takes the greatest pleasure in introducing our new Project Director in Mali, Sekou Kante! Sekou has started running soccer clinics with youth around the capital city, Bamako. Videos and more about Sekou and his work is soon to follow!

Thank you all for your continued support on this project. Please forgive me for the lack of updates in recent months. I would like to inform you that big changes are currently taking place, and I will be posting many updates to the facebook site and to this blog. Stay tuned and thanks again for being a part of this wonderful project that will affect many young lives in Africa!

The official fundraising jerseys for the Little Eagles are in! Thanks to our sponsors Eurosport (www.soccer.com). We will be selling jerseys for $20 apiece. All proceeds go towards soccer and education programs in Mali. Contact littleeaglesfootball@gmail.com to get yours!

We had a great time promoting the project at the Immortal Technique show in Cheshire and met some wonderful people doing big things! Major thanks to Mansoor Alam of Enough Advocacy for giving our booth a spot! The proceeds of the concert are going towards building an orphanage in Pakistan. Check them out at http://www.enoughadvocacy.org/

On May 12, 2010, The Little Eagles were honored to be named DoSomething.org's "Project of the Day"! DoSomething.org is a group dedicated to helping young adults improve their communities. Check them out at www.DoSomething.org!

The Little Eagles received a generous donation of soccer gear from the Passback Program sponsored by the US Soccer Foundation. We were given jerseys for all 8 teams as well as numerous pairs of cleats, shin guards, and balls. Many thanks to the Passback program, which you can learn more about at www.passback.org

After his show at the Infinity Music Hall in Norfolk, CT, I had a chance to chat with Mali pop star Habib Koite. I shared with him my ideas for the Little Eagles project, and he loved them. He told me about a clinic he does in Mali that teaches children the importance of washing their hands to prevent diseases. If all goes well, Habib will come to visit the Little Eagles in Mali during our season in January-March 2011 to give his clinic!