Opportunitas Aequa, more commonly referred to as OA, is a Canadian non-governmental organization that aims to use soccer as a tool to create safer and healthier environments for at-risk and war affected children.
Formed by five university students in Victoria British Columbia, Canada, OA's debut project involved the collection of soccer equipment, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, followed by the collaboration of OA members and the local Ecuadorian people to distribute that equipment and construct two soccer fields, in Chimborazo, Ecuador.
In July and August 2008, during OA's pilot project in Rwanda, a team of 5 volunteers helped to re-build 1 soccer field, to distribute soccer resources to five local programs and to run a week-long soccer camp for the orphans of the Rebero Orphan Center[1] in Kigali.
For OA's project in Rwanda, the group raised approximately $6,000 through GiveMeaning, while emphasizing the ability of small contributions to lead to great change.
OA offers podcasts, blogging, pictures, and other media via aoprojects.org[3] and other media websites (e.g., YouTube) that are intended to allow their audience to experience the hands-on work being done.