A 32-panel size 5 ball.                                      

·     Hand-stitched from quality polyurethane

·     Balanced latex bladder

·     Diameter 22cm

·     Fully compliant with GAA and FIFA match ball standards

·     Football is supplied deflated

This football was was created for Fairdeal Trading by producer partners in Pakistan.

Sameena Niaz

Sameena Nyaz is 18 years old, single, and lives in a village called Chak Gillan near Sialkot, the world capital of football production in Pakistan.
Her father runs the snack shop in the football stitching centre 200 metres away, which was built by Talon, the first Fair Trade football supplier. Sameena goes there to stitch footballs, too: after home-based stitching stopped, the centre was one of the first where women could continue such work. As companies moved the work into big factory units in order to prevent child labour, they effectively locked out women who could not be away from home for the whole day.

Sameena is one of 11 siblings; seven sisters, four brothers. Two of the older ones also stitch balls. Stitching wages are low - only Fair Trade buyers pay enough to enable the three to provide their family with all the basic necessities. Sameena never had the chance to attend school - instead she has been contributing to the family income from early on, and has now been stitching for three years. The family has a small hut and a kitchen garden, in which everyone helps out.

Recently Sameena had to have a thyroid operation - the bandage on her neck is still there. All costs were paid by the Talon Fair Trade Welfare Society - the health care scheme made possible by the Fair Trade premium, a first for workers such as Sameena and her family.