International Day of the Girl Child

Today, October 11th, marks the International Day of the Girl Child.  Today KPI would like to honor and acknowledge all of the girls around the world that are forced to be on the sidelines at a young age due to family responsibilities. In our community in Gatagara, we...

KPI from Rwanda: Updates

So many things are going on at KPI this week that it’s hard to focus on just one point! For that reason, below please find a couple highlights: Tournament: We have continued our futbol tournament for our participants. They are loving it and working so well together....

KPI from Rwanda: Olay Olay Olay Olay, OOOOlay, OOlay

This week KPI has been hosting a mini-KPI futbol tournament for our participants.  As you may know, KPI focuses on one sport for six weeks. We started with futbol since it is the most familiar and beloved sport for our participants. Each day we split the kids into...

KPI from Rwanda: Program Cancelled for the Day…I think not!

Yesterday, Wednesday, the local elections were taking place at the field where KPI hosts its Let’s Play Fair programming.  As a result, the local cell leaders requested that KPI cancelled our program for the day since all community members, KPI coaches included, were...

KPI from Rwanda: Turikumwe “We Are Together”

KPI just finished its second full week with twelve new coaches and is very excited to report that females are well represented! Although KPI is incredibly grateful for the support and dedication of Jean Paul, Flodouard, and Gerard, we are ecstatic about our new gender...

Yoga Volunteer Trip 2013 Recap

Kids. Adventure. Trekking. 10 Volunteers. Kindness. One Thousand Hills. Yoga. Sports. Experience. Laughter. Gratitude. Teamwork. Together. Life Changing. What an experience! 2013 was the first year Kids Play Int’l held a Yoga Volunteer Trip, which integrated yoga into...