How a Preston volunteer urges people not to take things for granted as she persuades Soccer Manager and Kappa to support a community in Ghana

Michelle Chan with the donated T-shirts from Kappa in Ghana

A woman who works for a Preston-based sports company has raised £1,000 and organised for a giant sportswear brand to donate football shirts to underprivileged children in Ghana.

A partnership manager based in Preston has raised £1,000 and organised for a giant sportswear brand to donate football shirts to underprivileged children in Ghana.

Michelle Chan, who works for Soccer Manager, a football games studio, spent almost three weeks volunteering at a school and orphanage in Tetrem, Ghana and says the experience has changed her outlook in life.

She raised £1,00 by taking part in a 10k, selling food at work and a £750 donation from stake.com.

Children in Ghana say thank you to Stake

The 30-year-old, who commutes to Preston twice a week from her home in Huddersfield, said: “For the past few months I’ve been fund-raising to help a village school in Tetrem. “Working for a mobile game studio, I understand the importance of technology, so I raised £1,000 to purchase eight computers and a printer for the school and arranged for Kappa to donate 40 football jerseys by Soccer Manager to donate some footballs.

“I paid for the flights and accommodation myself, rather than going through an agency.

“One of my friends had travelled there to volunteer before, so I then spoke to the principal of the school directly.