A special challenge match to celebrate the new partnership between Aldershot Town FC and Rushmoors Nepalese community. Sahara UK play in the Aldershot and District Sunday League. This match will be followed by a return fixture in Nepal in January 2015, as The Shots’ Academy take part in the AAHA Gold Cup. Based in Farnborough, Sahara UK is a charity dedicated to alleviating poverty in the Pokhara region of Nepal, where the original Sahara FC is based. Founded in 2008 by Navin Gurung after leading a visit to the region by fellow British Midland Airways staff, he first became involved in the AAHA Gold Cup in 2005, when he took some of the best young Nepalese footballers from the UK to Pokhara. The profits from the tournament were spent on improving the welfare of 18 underprivileged boys under the supervision of the Sahara club. Sahara Nepal also funded a sports centre and youth hostel for underprivileged children. Working alongside branches in Norway, Germany and Italy, Sahara UK and the Pokhara Academy Children’s Trust have previously held fundraising events, including football tournaments, concerts and dinners, across Europe and in Nepal.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:04:07 +0000
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