FUNDaFIELD

Last week on an airplane I met a woman from California whose 10th grade son helped found a nonprofit called FUNDaFIELD to raise money to build soccer fields in Africa. (It is easy to donate online if you are so inclined.) The slogan on the web site is "kids helping kids." The quote on the web site is from Nelson Mandela:

Sport has the power to unite people in a way little else can. Sport can create hope where there was once only despair. It breaks down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of discrimination. Sport speaks to people in a language they can understand…. [It is] probably the most effective means of communication in the modern world.

Isn't that so appropriate, especially with the Beijing Olympics currently underway?