Members of the Haiti Amputee Soccer Team now have their visas and will be flying to Dallas on Saturday morning. Training will start Monday at Pizza Hut Park and will run through Thursday morning. On Thursday afternoon the team leaves for Argentina to compete for the World Cup of Amputee Soccer.
Funds for the round-trip air fares from Dallas to Argentina for the World Cup of Amputee Soccer have not been raised. The air fares will cost $1,450 for each member of the Haitian delegation, 19 people, and 4 people from the International Institute of SPORT.
Haitian amputees have been practicing hard in Port-au-Prince in anticipation for the Amputee World Cup.
Photos are courtesy Leah K. Millis.
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Members of the Haiti Amputee Soccer Team received their passports on Tuesday, October 5. This was a difficult process for some because many of the team members had lost everything in the earthquake. The next hurdle – visas.
Help Us Get the Haitian Amputee Soccer Team to the World Cup
Posted: September 29, 2010 in UncategorizedThe Haitian Amputee Soccer Team is coming to Dallas. Thanks to an unnamed donor, the round trip air fare for the team from Haiti to Dallas, TX, has been paid for.
However, we have yet to raise the funds to cover the round trip from Dallas to Argentina for the World Cup. Please help us by making a donation online at www.iisport.org . Or you may mail a check made out toInternational Institute of SPORT, International Institute of SPORT, P.O. Box 170962, Arlington, Texas 76003.
We also have expenses for food, soccer uniforms, forearm crutches, hotel rooms and more. If you would like to provide any of these needs or to designate a donation to cover their cost, please call us at 214-674-6196. You can see our list of the expenses at www.iisport.org on the Donate Materials page.
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In a press release dated August 30, 2010, the International Institute if SPORT announced the formation of the Haiti Amputee National Soccer Team and plans to compete in the 2010 Amputee Football World Cup.
