Like any high school student, I have spent many late nights staring at my ceiling contemplating my future. In these lonely conversations,...

It’s been a year since I had the privilege to travel to Uganda with RUFC. Although it may sound like a cliché, it truly transformed my...

I like to joke these days that my seventeenth birthday was the day the world went ballistic – March 13, 2020. That was the first day that...

Six years ago today I had an experience that I have come to recognize as the most defining moment of my young life and the spark that led...

In late October, I traveled to Uganda and Malawi for two weeks to train and live with two soccer academies there, Football for Good (FFG)...

9/24/2019 A few weeks ago, I pulled up to find a boxy news van in front of my house. I was expecting it. For a few days I had been...

​This summer I had the incomparable opportunity of co-leading a workshop with award-winning Ugandan poet Harriet Anena about using...

I am often asked when people hear that I am traveling to Uganda whether or not it is safe. There seems to be a prevailing misperception...

Earlier this summer, I had the privilege of attending the RUFC Youth Vision Trip in Uganda, allowing me to meet many new friends and be...

This June, RUFC successfully implemented our fifth annual soccer and health camp. It came at the cost of a lot of work from us and all of...

​This April I had the incredible honor to attend Unite for Sight’s Global Health Innovation Conference, an annual global health...

By Meddy Katende I would like to share my experiences to the 2019 annual Global Health Conference on the RUFC blog. I have no idea where...

In May it will have been 5 years since writing my first blog entry on this site. I am proud of my commitment, but it is also strange to...

The first month of 2019 is off to a blistering start, as it seems just yesterday I was enjoying the snowy holidays with loved ones. 2019...

My siblings (including Miriam) and I on Christmas Eve. Happy New Year! I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season full of love...

Our first RUFC poster! I’m excited to share our experiences! Happy Halloween! October has been full of monumental achievements for us at...

Me collecting data with a tablet with the preloaded survey. All our data collection is done digitally. ​This year I had the chance to...

In  August, the world celebrated International Youth Day, a day during which we appreciate all of the hardworking, dedicated, and...

Yesterday I was reminded about the things we share with my friends living in rural Uganda, as well some differences, as I enjoyed cooking...

​RUFC’s fourth annual soccer camp which concluded last week was another wonderful success. As always, we provided soccer training, health...