Alive and Kicking aims to create employment for people who would not ordinarily get jobs , such as the deaf, and the phyisically handicapped and able bodied people as and promote health through sport. We also aim to provide balls to children in the rural and peri-urban children who do not have access to such. Our emplyees hand stitch high quality leather footballs and netballs and volleyballs in various sizes and designs. The balls comtain simple health messages in the field of HIV, malaria and promotion of basic hygiene such as washing hands. The balls are then sold using conventional channels as the major retail chains, at the factory shop and through corporate organisations. The organisation is self sustaining as we do not depend on donations for our upkeep and salaries.