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2021 was a year to remember for the world, and so it was with us, at the Academy, as we tried to find our way back to some kind of operational norm. Slowly as restrictions lifted, we started with our weekly training sessions. We found we had to shuffle things around and find new facilities in some cases but we slowly started moving again. With that came our first international volunteer , Julia, who arrived in August and was such a...

As with any organization, we were heavily affected by covid and lockdown, even more so being a sports program which involves contact. We did what we could to stay in touch with our kids through a watsapp group, sending videos and activity ideas. A soon as restrictions lifted slightly, we paid our kids a visit, gifting them each a branded mask and some covid essentials, as well as a journal in the hopes to let our kids express their...

It is one of the most impressive, beautiful and heart touching scenes; young people are smiling, laughing and you can see the joy of their hearts reflected in their eyes. These moments are incredible precious, they are mind changing; not only for the kids, but also for us. That’s the reason why we were enthusiastic to have the privilege to run another of our Holiday Club programs. Two days packed with non-stop activities.  We had 77...

Last Saturday we had the privilege of going to Lavender hill, which is known to be one of the worst communities in the southern suburbs of Cape Town for gang violence.  We were showing a local church there how to use sports ministry to encourage and empower young people.  Our team used soccer and rugby to teach about decision making.  The 29 young people that were there loved it! The leaders were really impressed and through teaching...