In addition to the hype of the competitive and fun-filled Kia Street Soccer action on the streets of South African townships, excitement is in the air every week as the children participating in this wonderful community project receive health and hygiene products kindly donated by the Dis-Chem Foundation.
The distribution of health and hygiene products compliments the health education programme which was the first of three phases of the Kia Street Soccer project which taught over 3 000 children from impoverished areas around South Africa about nutrition, personal hygiene and the importance of leading a healthy and active lifestyle.
Throughout the duration of the Kia Street Soccer project a total of 16 000 products will be handed to the children on a weekly basis, with each Kia Street Soccer participant receiving a facecloth, toothbrush, bar of soap and a tube of toothpaste.
“We have spent the past nine months educating and advising children on the importance of healthy living standards, and it is exciting to see the joy on their faces as they receive their health products 
after each weekly session. Sport plays an extremely important role in developing healthy lifestyles and we firmly believe that by encouraging the importance of nutrition and personal hygiene, it will lead our youth to adopt a much healthier lifestyle as they grow up” said Natalie Pollock, Kia Street Soccer Project Manager from Sporting Chance.
“The Dis-Chem Foundation is delighted to be part of this national health initiative; we hope that all the kids take home some valuable information on their own health,” say’s Lynette Saltzman founder of the Dis-Chem Foundation.