“I thought, if we could just come together as a community, even if that just meant playing soccer together, that could be the beginning of something good. Coming together as a community, as a people, creates more power than exists when individuals are fighting each other for scraps. Soccer has always brought people together. Soccer was where I would begin.” CommunityPovertySoccer Book:Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum Source: Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum
“There are two way of escaping your poverty,' he offers quietly. 'One, you can use drugs, get drunk - escape. Or you can escape into the world of books; that can be your refuge.” PovertyEscape Into Books Book:Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum Source: Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum