Paul Berger is a staff writer at The Forward. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The (London) Times, The Daily and Guardian.co.uk.

Jan
05

Rugby League in Rwanda

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It’s amazing how western clothes find their way around the world.

The Manchester United jersey is perhaps the most well-traveled and easy to spot, appearing across South America, Latin America and Africa. I have vague memories of seeing Manchester United T-shirts when I spent a week in Angola in 2003 writing stories for the Western Morning News.

So you can imagine my delight when Dave, currently filming a documentary in Rwanda, sent this photograph of a boy in the capital Kigali wearing a jersey of my favorite team, Leeds Rugby League. With UK teams changing their kit so frequently it’s a wonder there isn’t a charity that concentrates solely on sending old kits overseas.

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Paul, the BBC does annual collection and they then distribute them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/sport/shirtamnesty04_send.shtml

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