Junior coach Bernie Millen handed out the traditional strips on a trip to Zambia to work with the communities and help support a number of football academies.
Mullen has supported several trips to Zambia through the Soapbox charity, which has been supporting communities in Zambia and other countries since 2001.
The group works with local contacts to help children living in poverty in villages, schools and orphanages.
This year, Mullen was able to join them on their trip to Ndola, where Soapbox work with children with cerebral palsy and help at an Aids drop-in centre, supporting not only the children, but the families and community.
Mullen said: “The group also work with locals involved in a variety of activities, from building and maintenance work, to helping in a local orphanage.
“It was an opportunity to work with the local people in their community to help ease poverty and promote education through fun activities.
“With my background in junior football in the Barrow area (he has coached Celtic girls teams for the last 12 years, and currently coaches Celtic Under-10s), I was asked by Keith Smith, a voluntary mission leader with Soapbox, to play a part in helping to organise several football academies, open to all ages and abilities, to encourage children in the area to take part in sport. When I approached Dennis Boyd of Barrow Celtic Juniors, he kindly donated a full set of Barrow Celtic shirts to take over and present to the academies.”
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