UIP, in partnership with Sports for Peace, conducted a 3 day United Ballers program with 30 girls from the Kibera slums district in Nairobi, Kenya. The program was hosted at the Nairobi Baptist Church where girls engaged in various activities promoting teambuilding, self-empowerment, goal setting, and social activism. As part of our commitment to community service, the girls volunteered at several local foster care homes in Nairobi. UIP donated jump ropes, soccer balls, coloring books, and markers to the foster care homes as part of Operation Cooperation. The program concluded each day with structured basketball drills and games in efforts to promote healthy living, social development, and life skills and values learned through sports.

Following the Nairobi United Ballers program, UIP hosted a brief introductory session of UIP at the Baracka Oontoyie Secondary School, a Catholic Girls’ Boarding School 50 km outside of Nairobi in the Rift Valley. The school hosts 360 girls, many from the Maasai community who have been rescued from ‘early marriages’ in efforts to continue their secondary education despite their inability to afford tuition. For $500 USD per year, [that’s $42 USD per month or $1.35 USD per day, which is less then the price of a cup of Dunkin Donuts Coffee] you can give a high need girl a quality high school education- covering tuition, room, and board. This gift will set the foundation for her life, allowing her to unleash her potential and express her creativity. For more information on how to become a sponsor, please email us at info@unitedinitiatives.org subject “Baracka School”, or call 973-220-5630. Donations can also be made via the “Invest” link through PayPal. Again, Thank You for investing in a higher purpose!