Play For Hope

This is the first entry of a new feature entitled Sports That Changes.  In it we will post videos and stories about how sports has impacted the life of a child.  The first post is an interview of Jean Claude, a player that plays twice a week on our Rwandan Coordinator's  Serieux's street kids team.  The transcript is posted below the video.

My name is Jean Claude Nizeyimana.  I am 19 years old.  What has football done in my life?  You know my parents died during the genocide and after their death I lost all hope.  But what brings back the hope is always spending time with other guys of my age.  Football brings me hope in a sense that where I see many young people like me playing football together I just have a hope that the future will be better.  Football is very good because it brings harmony and unity among us.  

I interrupted my school when I was in P4 (primary 4th grade) because I had no school fees and I had no scholarship.  My wish is that I can be able to go back to school and go as far as possible in my studies so that I can be important and I can be someone who can even lead the country.  This is my dream so that I can have a very good life and I can help my family and my brothers.