News Release

Fair, Parlow, other UNC alumni stars
to head Dec. 9 soccer clinic benefit

CHAPEL HILL - Local girls can learn soccer from the best of the best while helping their sisters halfway around the world through a Dec. 9 clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

As UNC's legendary women's soccer team competes this weekend in Cary, seeking its 18th NCAA title in the tournament's 25-year history, girls aged 8 to 13 can register for the clinic, a benefit for Kenya-based Carolina for Kibera.

The nonprofit organization, a part of UNC's University Center for International Studies, operates a youth soccer league, including a girls' team, and other programs in Kibera, East Africa's largest slum.

UNC soccer alumni who will teach the clinic include 1999 World Cup Champions and Olympic medalists Lorrie Fair and Cindy Parlow. Fair was on three NCAA championship teams with the Tar Heels and Parlow was on two.

Corinne Black, Kendall Fletcher, Leea Murphy and other former Tar Heel standouts also will train participants at the clinic, from noon to 5 p.m. on Finley Fields, located off Old Mason Farm Road between UNC's Finley Golf Course and the Ronald McDonald House.

"CFK is hosting this soccer clinic to raise awareness in the Triangle about its work using soccer as a development tool to address issues affecting adolescents in Kibera," said UNC senior Aaron Charlop-Powers, vice president of the group. "The funds raised will help facilitate that work, bridging the gap between soccer players in the Triangle and Kibera."

Enrollment is limited to 60 girls. For a registration form, email Charlop-Powers at acp@email.unc.edu or call Beth Ann Kutchma at (919) 843-6842 at the center for international studies.

Completed forms should be mailed to Carolina for Kibera, 223 E. Franklin St., CB 5145, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5145, or brought to the clinic. Participants are asked to contribute $100 each to Carolina for Kibera.

Besides the soccer league, Carolina for Kibera has established a medical clinic, a waste management program and other constructive efforts in the slum, located outside Nairobi.

The organization made national news most recently when its founder and UNC alumnus Rye Barcott was the Person of the Week on ABC TV's "World News" on Oct. 27. In addition, U.S. Sen. Barak Obama and Rep. David Price visited Carolina for Kibera in the fall. In November 2005, Time magazine and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation proclaimed the organization one of 10 Heroes of Global Health.

UNC recently kicked off a campaign to raise a $2 million endowment to sustain Carolina for Kibera. For more information, call the Office of University Development at (919) 962-4388. For more information on Carolina for Kibera, visit http://cfk.unc.edu/.

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Note: For other UNC news releases about Carolina for Kibera, visit
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov05/kiberia110205.htm; or http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun06/lightbox062706.htm

Carolina for Kibera contact: Aaron Charlop-Powers, (917) 509-4550, thelastcp@gmail.com or acp@email.unc.edu
News Services contacts: L.J. Toler, (919) 962-8589 or on-call staff member, (919) 216-2584.