A Tyneside architect and his wife have helped to save a junior football club nicknamed the 'Mfuwe Mags'... 5,000 miles away from Newcastle in Zambia.
Crispin Mason-Jones and Dr Ellie Bond fell in love with the project supporting the remote African community, whilst Ellie was working as a volunteer at a health centre there, giving vital jabs and medical treatment. Now, the senior side from Mfuwe is playing in the Toon's very own black and white thanks to their fundraising in the North East.
They have helped to secure the future of the football and netball teams - for this season at least. Ellie spent four months this year as the doctor at the Kakumbi Rural Health Clinic in Mfuwe, having lived in the country as a child.
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