RHO Appleseed School

27/07/2026

https://gofund.me/3995f6adf

RHO Appleseed Soccer in Bauleni, Lusaka, Zambia has been a beacon of hope for chi… Joy Hoffman needs your support for Help RHO Appleseed Soccer Sustain & Grow

15/02/2026

Please help us get soccer cleats for our Appleseed teams in Zambia! We need about 45 pairs at at total of 45,000 kwacha. This is about $500. Unfortunately we are not able to ship to Zambia.

If you live in Lusaka and can help with donations, I can arrange pick up.

Donate at:

My name is Joy Hoffman. I am the founder of RHO Appleseed Football Ac… Joy Hoffman needs your support for RHO Appleseed Football (soccer) play in Livingstone!

20/01/2026

The Livingston tournament was amazing! Thank you to everyone who helped get us there!

20/01/2026

Thank you to every one who helped get them to Livingstone! They played
great, made new
friends, saw the Amazing Victoria Falls and went on a Walk with the Rhino tour!’

17/12/2025

Our Appleseed teams made it to Livingstone. The trip was not without turmoil, which is not uncommon in Zambia. Here’s how it began and where we are now.

Saturday, Dec. 13th :
6:00 pm- Players arrived at RHO Appleseed Community Center. The bus was scheduled to arrive at 6:00am.

Sunday, Dec. 15
5:00 AM - The bus arrived an hour early and the driver told Coach Shadreck that they could not go to Livingstone. This had been arranged 2 weeks ago and confirmed!! “TIA” as they say. “ This is Africa.”

Shad jumped into emergency mode and found another bus. More expensive of course , but … Did I say, TIA? They left at 2:00pm and didn’t arrive at David Livingstone School
until 2:00am. They got their assigned classrooms and settled in for the night,

Play was scheduled to start on Monday. But, other teams coming from Lusaka had it even worse. They took the train. The Zambian train system has never been reliable. As of Monday morning they hadn’t yet arrived so play was postponed until Tuesday. TIA.

On the positive side. The kids love their accommodations “The best,” Coach Shadreck explained, “ is that we have our own Bathing Room.” This is a very special feature. No hot water, but this is a luxury. Shad says the Livingstone school and compound is much nicer than those in Lusaka. Oh and the MANGO TREES! They are everywhere! That’s pretty special too.

To continue to sponsor Appleseed Soccer Teams:
https://gofund.me/74cebc8ae

Enjoy the pictures of the trip so far.

13/12/2025

We did it!! Thank you to Appleseed friends and family and a special thank you to Placer United Soccer Club for inviting their families to join in this effort! Livingstone here we come!! And the girls got their new uniforms too!

25/11/2025

Wow! It's hard to believe this was 14 years ago. This experience of starting RHO Appleseed and meeting so many amazing people was life changing. the 2 little girls on the end Dainess and Susan are still in touch and a part of my life. This picture was taken just 2 months before my daughters, Jenny and Lucy, joined Appleseed. Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been like if we never took the huge leap to Africa. I wouldn't know what I was missing, but the completeness of my life and family came in the moving to and then coming home from Zambia. ❤ I am one lucky woman! ❤

15/11/2025

Still trying to get there! Please help
and share!

My name is Joy Hoffman. I am the founder of RHO Appleseed Football Ac… Joy Hoffman needs your support for RHO Appleseed Football (soccer) play in Livingstone!