May 15, 2021 | Sports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Nigeria
“If you could dip your finger here, I bet you could feel how deep the darkness is. This is the reality of our world.” -Sports Friends Nigeria team leader, Ishaya. Sports Friends has served Nigerian youth for over 15 years. Nigerian leadership has long ministered in...
May 6, 2021 | Sports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Nigeria
“Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?” (James 2:15-16) Although the COVID-19 crisis has caused much suffering,...
Apr 19, 2021 | Sports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Nigeria
“We responded to COVID-19 by identifying the needs of coaches, players and their families, knowing that we work in a context of poverty… Many people are hungry. There is no food.” -Ishaya, Sports Friends Nigeria team leader Ishaya, Moses, and Icy, Sports Friends...
Mar 29, 2021 | Sports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Nigeria
It was early in the morning as the woman approached Coach Moses’ house. Perhaps her four children were still sleeping at home. She was doing whatever it took to feed them since the pandemic had pushed her husband over the edge and he had run away from home, leaving...
Nov 25, 2019 | Sports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Nigeria
In Nigeria, young people face incredible barriers. The economic, political, religious, and tribal divisions within the nation threaten their identity as young men and women made in the image of God, who are born to bring refreshment and renewal to their land....