The Kissy Town Eaglets have been set up for children orphaned during the deadly Ebola outbreak that has claimed 4,000 lives in Sierra Leone and over 10,000 across the African continent since the epidemic began in March 2014.

Galadean have sent Ebola response Co-ordinators one full set of strips but plan to send several more along with footballs and other training kit essentials.

Alan McConnell, head coach in the 2007 age-group at Galadean Juniors, became aware of an opportunity for the club to help when a parent of one of his players, who had just returned from a spell working in Sierra Leone, made an appeal via his child’s schoolmates for unwanted football strips to be sent to contacts he had.

Alan told the Border Telegraph: “Galadean Juniors are in the process of changing our name to Gala Fairydean Rovers Juniors and becoming part of the player pathway of the town’s senior team.

“We will shortly be changing all of our strips to include our new badge and thought that sending the Galadean kit to Sierra Leone would be a fantastic use of the strips. I contacted our committee and they agreed.

“Through a local parent I was put in touch with Musa Andrew Saidu, a Rapid Response Co-ordinator for the National Ebola Response Centre in Freetown who confirmed they would be delighted to receive our donation.

“Musa emailed me photographs of the kids in the strips from the Kenema area of Sierra Leone and thanked us for our contribution.” The World Health Organisation say that the total number of reported Ebola cases is more than 24,282 although problems in collecting accurate data lead officials to conclude that the actual numbers are much higher still in the deadliest occurrence of the disease since its discovery in 1976.

In his email, Musa said: “This (email) is in appreciation of the support you have given us.

“It’s a big step forward in motivating our young guys.

“We promise one or more of these guys will grow up to make name for the Kenema district in terms of football... I am more than grateful for your wonderful thoughts for my guys out here. I will be with them tomorrow to share your message.

“I have been providing support for them but thank God you have come on board. I sent some few Leones to register them for our zone league which will start very soon.” The Kissy Town Eaglets have been set up for children orphaned during the deadly Ebola outbreak that has claimed 4,000 lives in Sierra Leone and over 10,000 across the African continent since the epidemic began in March 2014.

Galadean have sent Ebola response Co-ordinators one full set of strips but plan to send several more along with footballs and other training kit essentials.

Alan McConnell, head coach in the 2007 age-group at Galadean Juniors, became aware of an opportunity for the club to help when a parent of one of his players, who had just returned from a spell working in Sierra Leone, made an appeal via his child’s schoolmates for unwanted football strips to be sent to contacts he had.

Alan told the Border Telegraph: “Galadean Juniors are in the process of changing our name to Gala Fairydean Rovers Juniors and becoming part of the player pathway of the town’s senior team.

“We will shortly be changing all of our strips to include our new badge and thought that sending the Galadean kit to Sierra Leone would be a fantastic use of the strips. I contacted our committee and they agreed.

“Through a local parent I was put in touch with Musa Andrew Saidu, a Rapid Response Co-ordinator for the National Ebola Response Centre in Freetown who confirmed they would be delighted to receive our donation.

“Musa emailed me photographs of the kids in the strips from the Kenema area of Sierra Leone and thanked us for our contribution.” The World Health Organisation say that the total number of reported Ebola cases is more than 24,282 although problems in collecting accurate data lead officials to conclude that the actual numbers are much higher still in the deadliest occurrence of the disease since its discovery in 1976.

In his email, Musa said: “This (email) is in appreciation of the support you have given us.

“It’s a big step forward in motivating our young guys.

“We promise one or more of these guys will grow up to make name for the Kenema district in terms of football... I am more than grateful for your wonderful thoughts for my guys out here. I will be with them tomorrow to share your message.

“I have been providing support for them but thank God you have come on board. I sent some few Leones to register them for our zone league which will start very soon.”