Our MISSION
To provide children in Cameroon, Africa the opportunity to improve their lives through the sport of tennis.
We envision a Cameroon where every child has developed the skills and confidence to build a better future for themselves and their communities.
For the past two decades OTA has provided over 12,000 children with access to tennis equipment, food, clothing, education, and tournament opportunities
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WE NEED YOUR HELP
For a second year, TennisFest has gone virtual. As our premier fund-raising event, TennisFest is so important to keeping OTA running, and now more than ever OTA is playing a critical role in the lives of our kids.
Although we are seeing the light at the end of the long COVID tunnel here in the USA, in Cameroon, that light is still a long way off, and our kids need support and sanctuary more than ever.
We need your help to keep the lights on at Souza, to keep the kids fed at Bonaberi, to keep our players in school and learning, and to pay for urgently needed medical care and supplies, just like we have done for the last year.
Please, click below to make a generous donation to the children of Cameroon today, and give a child the luxury of hope.
Giving children of Cameroon hope
through the sport of tennis
Our work is guided by these core values:
Commitment - to our purpose and mission
Teamwork - on and off the courts
Accountability - in everything we do
Optimism - in all that is possible when given the opportunity to try
Respect - for every human life
URGENT MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER, JOSEPH OYEBOG
MEET LEIGH
This is Leigh. She is 9 years old now. She has been playing tennis since she was three. This video was taken when she was five. There are at least 20 more children with her extraordinary ability. The only resource they have is OTA. OTA takes children from the age of three and through tennis, helps them develop not only tennis skills but life skills. Everyone benefits, though not all have Leigh’s potential. With your help, Leigh and others like her might someday play on the world stage, might someday be number one in the world! This will not happen without OTA and without your support. Please consider a generous donation now to help Leigh and the other 1,250 children in the OTA program reach their full potential.
Ongoing Campaigns - Donate Now!
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2021 OTA Program Needs
Donation: $125,064.50 / $370,000.00
OTA provides children in Cameroon, Africa a safe haven from the oppression of poverty and the opportunity to improve their lives through the sport of tennis. We envision a Cameroon where every child has developed the skills and confidence to build a better future for themselves and their communities. With your help we know it's possible! Donations are used to provide all of these children with food, clothing, tennis equipment, training, and the opportunity to compete at the highest level.
OTA COVID-19 RELIEF FUND
Donation: $37,050.00 / $100,000.00
The academy at Souza is the heart of OTA. This is where the brightest, most talented and most needy live, train and attend local schools. Money for food will run out by mid June, medical and sanitary supplies are in short supply and maintenance to the water supply system, campus and courts must be continued. Recently 6 children have had to be treated for malaria, typhoid and possibly COVID-19 at a cost of over $6,000. The children and staff at Souza grapple daily with life and death issues yet remain hopeful of a life post COVID-19 but they urgently need your help to do so.
