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This project is the brainchild of Christopher Antoh Forsythe. He was once a homeless child and was adopted by the late Mr. George Christopher Forsythe a Belfast Head teacher who brought him to live in Belfast, Northern Ireland where he developed interest in the local club Glentoran Football Club. He approached Mr. Stafford Reynolds, Chairman of Glentoran Football Club in Belfast, Northern Ireland about the possibility of establishing Academy in Ghana to train street children with support of the club and the use of its name and it was agreed and hence he came to Sunyani where he was once a street child and established the Academy.

As a former street child, he observed that the fundamental thing that was lacking in the life of a street child was fun. Something to get up for in the morning, something lighthearted, nothing to do with the daily grind of finding a bed for the night, where their next meal is coming from, the demise of their general health and the tedious world of benefits.

As a keen soccer fan himself with an understanding of how powerful an impact soccer can have he decided to set up Glentoran Football Academy. And so Glentoran Football Academy was born. A tournament was organized with support from Glentoran Football Club, Belfast, Northern Ireland and Mercy Corps/Nike Go for street children and the first batch of the children were selected. read on>>

PASSION FOR THE GAME
It is interesting how the game of football is growing fast among many Ghanaian kids. There seems to be no stambling block for these kids who go to any extent to get their names into the record books of the nation.
Despite their being deprived of the essentials of football which include jerseys, football boots and ...read on

Ghana Glens joins GLENTORAN COMMUNITY TRUST of Northern Ireland
Friday August 17 2007:

Glentoran football academy has been made part of the Glentoran community trust of Northern Ireland. This wil deepen the already existing relationship

between the two parties who has a common goal to help children realise their creative dreams in soccer. The trust has over the few days contributed enormously to the Ghana academy...read on

There are over 10,000 kids living on the streets of In, Africa, there are kids with no home, no shelter and the worst of it all, no LIFE. With your honest might you could help save a kid off the street and moreover, give meaning to the lives of many who have nothing in this life...We exist to champion the cause of these kids through sports. We however cannot do anything without your support. Your generous donation matters...it can save a life.