Play For Hope

Last summer we spent a lot of time getting to know a team of street kids.  We met with them twice a week and pour into their lives.  They were perhaps the most remarkable group of children that I have ever met and are an amazing example of what sports can do in a child's life.  They walked over 90 minutes both ways to practice at the field where we met them.  Upon arrival to Rwanda I returned to the field and this is what I found:

The field has been destroyed by a local who was paid to repair it.  He drove a truck over it and stole all of the money that had been given to him to do the work.  We will be attempting to get the government to interevene so that our kids can play their again. While it was sad to see the field destroyed, I have visited many of the boys and they are still constantly smiling and playing matches.  The match that I visited them at ended in 1 to 1 tie despite many of them not having enough food and walking at least two hours to the field to play, not to mention their practice field being destroyed.