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Apr 26, 20212 min read
MAJOR INSPIRATION, a guest blog by Carolyn Gordon, Global Health Honors Major at the Univ. of Washin
Like any high school student, I have spent many late nights staring at my ceiling contemplating my future. In these lonely conversations,...
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Sep 12, 20203 min read
Reflections by Jordyn Hart
It’s been a year since I had the privilege to travel to Uganda with RUFC. Although it may sound like a cliché, it truly transformed my...
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Jul 7, 20203 min read
Separate Together
I like to joke these days that my seventeenth birthday was the day the world went ballistic – March 13, 2020. That was the first day that...
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Feb 24, 20203 min read
Realizing Your Vision
Six years ago today I had an experience that I have come to recognize as the most defining moment of my young life and the spark that led...
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Dec 7, 201910 min read
THE POWER OF SOCCER, A Guest Blog by Lukas Lövgren
In late October, I traveled to Uganda and Malawi for two weeks to train and live with two soccer academies there, Football for Good (FFG)...
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Sep 24, 20192 min read
The Stories We Tell
9/24/2019 A few weeks ago, I pulled up to find a boxy news van in front of my house. I was expecting it. For a few days I had been...
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Aug 31, 20193 min read
‘Until Someone Hears You’… a Guest Blog by Audrey Melillo
​This summer I had the incomparable opportunity of co-leading a workshop with award-winning Ugandan poet Harriet Anena about using...
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Aug 19, 20193 min read
Is it Safe?
I am often asked when people hear that I am traveling to Uganda whether or not it is safe. There seems to be a prevailing misperception...
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Jul 30, 20193 min read
Quite the Trip: Guest Blog by Francesca Christensen
Earlier this summer, I had the privilege of attending the RUFC Youth Vision Trip in Uganda, allowing me to meet many new friends and be...
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Jun 25, 20193 min read
Always more…. (to learn, experience, and give)
This June, RUFC successfully implemented our fifth annual soccer and health camp. It came at the cost of a lot of work from us and all of...
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Apr 28, 20194 min read
Reflections from #2019GHIC
​This April I had the incredible honor to attend Unite for Sight’s Global Health Innovation Conference, an annual global health...
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Mar 28, 20195 min read
My Road to the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference in Chicago, Illinois, 2019
By Meddy Katende I would like to share my experiences to the 2019 annual Global Health Conference on the RUFC blog. I have no idea where...
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Feb 26, 20193 min read
To Be Heard…
In May it will have been 5 years since writing my first blog entry on this site. I am proud of my commitment, but it is also strange to...
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Jan 26, 20193 min read
My Greatest Privilege: The Ability to Travel
The first month of 2019 is off to a blistering start, as it seems just yesterday I was enjoying the snowy holidays with loved ones. 2019...
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Dec 30, 20182 min read
New Year’s Resolutions
My siblings (including Miriam) and I on Christmas Eve. Happy New Year! I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season full of love...
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Oct 30, 20182 min read
Sharing our Programs…Together
Our first RUFC poster! I’m excited to share our experiences! Happy Halloween! October has been full of monumental achievements for us at...
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Sep 29, 20182 min read
Data Driven
Me collecting data with a tablet with the preloaded survey. All our data collection is done digitally. ​This year I had the chance to...
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Aug 24, 20182 min read
Safe Space
In  August, the world celebrated International Youth Day, a day during which we appreciate all of the hardworking, dedicated, and...
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Jul 24, 20183 min read
The Joy of Cooking
Yesterday I was reminded about the things we share with my friends living in rural Uganda, as well some differences, as I enjoyed cooking...
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Jun 20, 20183 min read
RUFC Camp Results in Life Changing Opportunity
​RUFC’s fourth annual soccer camp which concluded last week was another wonderful success. As always, we provided soccer training, health...
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