Happy is a smart, talented young 13-year-old girl who participates in the chess and feeding programs in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. She is a smart, grounded, well balanced young girl who comes from a humble background.
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Every child we help with education through our LEAD program has a unique story. Each is compelling in its own way, but I think you’ll find Prossy’s story particularly so. It highlights the fact that we do not just provide children an education for education’s sake. We help with this resource in the context of the significant long-term relationships we develop with children and their families. It makes the education far more effective and transformative in the life of the child.
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Public Health has always been a crucial element of ministry in Kampala as it is at all Sports Outreach ministry sites. Now, especially with the Coronavirus pandemic, the need has increased to teach children and families proper sanitation and cleaning practices.
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“I never imagined that my life would change in this way. Before, I was living in a place that did not even have electricity and we lack many things but today, even though we do not have our own house, we continue praying for that and we live very happy as a family. I am grateful for all the opportunities I have had in the last years. When I become a grown man and have a degree, I would like to help others, like our SOI coaches, supporting and training other children if possible. God’s will!”
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Mirna’s is the wife of Humberto de Alferez, Director of Sports Outreach Institute El Salvador. She also happens to be a key proponent of the ministry beginning. While working in the school system in Nuevo Cuscatlán, El Salvador she noticed a need and decided to take action.
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“…We survived on one meal per day. In the midst of all these problems, my mother gave birth with some complications and therefore was unable to sustain the family. I started scavenging for some old pieces of metal in the garbage. After selling the metals, I used the money to feed the family…”
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Ivan grew up in very difficult circumstances in the slums of Katwe in Kampala, Uganda. He joined the SOM Uganda chess program at its start, almost 15 years ago. He has been involved in many ways with the programs of Sports Outreach for most of his life. The education we have been able to afford him has been a big part in changing his life and the life of his entire family.
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Suzan lost her first born, Mark, at the age of 7 years. He was swallowed by an African python about 10 years ago when she had sent him to go call his dad from the garden…
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Solomon continues to be involved in SOM’s programs. He is confident and takes on leadership roles which he couldn’t even conceive of a few years earlier.
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Rachael was abandoned at three months by her own mother at a garbage dump…
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On our way to one of the Cristine’s girl’s house, We saw someone familiar. Palma, one of the education scholarship recipients, was preparing and selling food at a very busy stand…
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In 2018, Joshua began attending the SOM Uganda preschool in the Pugwinyi community in Northern Uganda. This 3 year kid was skinny, malnourished and wore torn clothes…
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