After three flights, a 6 hour van ride (totaling 36 hours of travel), the PLC team arrived in the village of Kkindu, Masaka town, Uganda, Africa. On Sunday morning, we celebrated a beautiful mass in the village church with an accomplished choir, dancing, prayer and Eucharist. The village then unveiled a Play Like A Champion Today™ sign at the entrance to the village. John Kakande, the director of the PLC ministries in Kkindu explained to the community that all PLC activities that happen in the US will happen in the village of Kkindu. We then went to see the cleared sport fields and were greeted with more song and dancing. Then, we shared a meal together of rice, cassava, chicken, beef stew and soup. Finally, the sport competitions began: a sack race, a net ball game for the young women of the village, a 30km bike race and a soccer match for the boys. All played like champions while the entire village was entertained with sport.
The next day we traveled with 30 children to the town of Masaka to the clinic for the children to be tested for HIV and for those already diagnosed to receive ARV treatments. We then all shared a nutritious meal together before returning to the village to visit Hopeful School, where orphans and those who otherwise would not be able to attend school, are educated. The parents and students greeted us with love and thanksgiving.
On our third day, we offered a Play Like A Champion Today™ workshop to the coaches, teachers and students in the village primary school.
We have been greeted with love and open arms. We have welcomed the people of this village across the globe into the Play Like A Champion Today™ family.
