The most popular sport on the planet, football – or soccer as it’s known in the U.S. – is watched and played by billions of people.
Now, one crowdfunding campaign is looking to use it to bring clean energy and light by sending energy-generating soccer balls and skipping ropes to migrants and refugees living in Calais, France.
“Obviously, a lot of people there are living in self-made camps,” James Wood, who came up with the idea for the scheme, told CNBC in a phone interview.
