Peacebuilding initiative for youth in Burundi!

A plug for a friend’s organization working on a peacebuilding project in Burundi’s Riyugi Province. Many of you play team sports and so you might relate. After a few trips to the province, Heather has begun working with one of the soccer clubs there to secure uniforms, equipment, cleats, etc for their youth teams, who are currently playing barefoot and with sparse equipment. She hopes to create partnerships between some teams here and over there and help build up their programs! Youth usually love helping youth so if you’re interested and want more info, check out her website http://burundikids.wordpress.com/ or email office@uu-uno.org and I can put you in touch!

This is a very grassroots initiative that is going well and its first fundraiser will be in New York on May 17 in the Lower East Side for those of you of legal drinking age who want to find out more about the project. In the spirit of good sportsmanship, my sports league will be sponsoring the event to get the ball rolling!