NGO to give soccer balls to children in Africa, Asia

NGO to give soccer balls to children in Africa, Asia

SAITAMA, Japan - Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (3rd from L) hands a soccer ball to a member of a nongovernmental organization in a ceremony April 27 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, in commemoration of the upcoming World Cup soccer finals. Soccer balls have been collected in the Peace Ball Saitama 2002 campaign and the NGO members will travel to African and Asian countries to give them to children.

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