JUNE/JULY 2015 // NZ RUGBY WORLD //

To change the course of people’s lives is a special reward few

will ever know. To be equally enriched by making such a change

must be just as powerful as it is recalling her time in Zambia that

has Roper welling up, on the verge of letting it all out.

“One of the schools we went to in Zambia, the security ﬁrm that

was looking after us gave them a computer room,” she says. “Two

years ago this school barely had tables or chairs but now has a

computer room. The week we were there, it was being put together

and they opened it on the morning of the tournament. So we

started with the opening of the computer room. We would go in

and paint the room at night after we had been coaching.

“When it came to plug the computers in, all the kids from round

about cheered and cheered for about an hour. This was a school

with one toilet block that didn’t even work. And all the female

teachers sang, a prayer song and it was wow.

“Now these kids had a chance to better themselves outside the

little town of Choma and that would never have happened if

Richard hadn’t taken rugby to that little town. Rugby is bigger

than the sport. It is changing lives.”

UNITE ★ EMPOWER ★ INSPIRE

Bhubesi Pride Foundation assembles

teams of committed volunteers to carry

out annual rugby coaching expeditions,

using the sport as a tool for education

and development in Africa.

Our annual expeditions run for ﬁve

months, from February to July. During

this time we visit nine African countries,

travelling by road, and we work with

thousands of children and hundreds

of local staff.

You can be part of our international

team of volunteers from 3 weeks to the

full ﬁve month project, joining us at any

stage of our journey.

WANT TO MAKE

A DIFFERENCE

WITH RUGBY?

APPLY NOW AT

rugbyinafrica.org

AND JOIN OUR NEXT

EXPEDITION.

COACH ★ TEACH ★ LEARN ★ DEVELOP

VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED!

[ touching the void ]