Ah, the beauty of Hive. We can freely sponsor developing nations in however we see fit. I love it, I don't think there's any other blockchain quite like us.

So, as you all know we are sponsoring @joy4mefc in Nigeria. We are particularly interested in football in Africa because it's an up and coming sport over there. Nigerians are already sports mad -- as you will find out if you spend more than five minutes over in Neoxian City. Those guys will show you how mad they are for the EPL alone. So, it's only right that we focus our attention over there.

Joy4MeFC have been particularly busy over the last two weeks since our last post -- as you can see here:

https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9pxH3GY8aXKG4iJAqQuurywujZshpJdn2W1oD3zYCxya2RL4knMFRmLzAPdU2m6M2YYBnixbwGLfEWGEsMYj7ovyMpSY1t.webp?format=webp&mode=fit

and here:

https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9r2Jrfvq6hMWNnZbSUayEGgK4y7ESDH5NkvJ3cZHb56YP9rXtvKJxWfUTvCo29hMfsg9iKu8hMRV3ZxFzieaXDKqS1deE2.webp?format=webp&mode=fit

It's becoming quite the academy. And I say academy because that's what people at academy's do -- learn from the best, and also learn from each other, as you can quite clearly see them all doing in this picture here.

This weeks progress and funding reports are as follows:

https://ecency.com/hive-101690/@joy4mefc/thank-you-message-and-joy4mefc

As you can see in this post it's a detailed breakdown of their progress, and how they've overcame some of the weaknesses of the squad. I am honestly no sportsman myself, however back when I was young I remember going to watch training sessions at my local football club and they were all doing similar things. I've been eager, and happy to see this.

Funding so far is here:

https://ecency.com/hive-101690/@joy4mefc/sponsorship-fund-report-joy4mefc-training

Wellman is making sure the little he is getting right now is stretching long and far -- as you can see in his report. He is even saving a little as well, creating a buffer for his team. 

Of course we are deep in the bear market as of now and we're only getting started. We're about to heat up thick and fast.

Which brings me to my next issue:

#### @spinvest have joined us in the sponsoring & the funding raise. 
Yes, you heard that right. @silverstackeruk is as much about the charity giving back as we are. So we're planning to do a **Brovest #2** in an attempt to raise funds for @joy4mefc. 

If you don't know what Brovest was/is then cast your mind back when we did a big charity fundraiser not long after we launched. We had prizes and gifts to be won and we held it as a lottery. It was good stuff, people won lots of prizes, and we had a lot of fun, and we raised a lot of money from awesome causes!

So @silverstackeruk and I will be holding Brovest #2 in the near future to raise funds for these eager future football Ronaldo's.

Watch this space.

@stickupboys will also be hitting up his networks, as will I too. So it will be an exciting bit of fun in the coming weeks!

That's it for now, but I'll leave you all with a thank you from our kids!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF6Nx3Eo5bk