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Kickstarter Campaign Gives Inspirational Rollaball Players Hope

(Rollaball) Inspiration is a thing of beauty.  Everyday, people around the world are doing inspiring things or creating inspiring stories.  This one is about Rollaball and the humble men that play the game. Ghanaians who have survived polio have put a unique twist on soccer.  Because of their battle, these men have adapted to life and sport without legs.  Locally-made skateboards provide for a way of life and essentially, a way to escape the streets. Living in Accra, Ghana and outcast by society, these men have little.  While begging for food and sleeping in tents is part of their daily lives, they find escape in sport.

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