In a first-person piece for the United Nations, Stephane describes what he found when he arrived in Uganda as a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Resettlement is one possible solution for refugees, but it can take years — sometimes decades. In the meantime, many young people have limited access to education, activities or work, and it is easy to lose direction.
That is why he and his teammate Jonathan started RBA in an area where many refugees live: to give young people a place to play, train, celebrate and feel at peace, and to show how basketball can make a real difference.
