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come all the world. we can take the different w all the world. and also your info is and all the input your w story. now on to the musket boys more than just a game. it's my passion, my temples, and it to 14 grand nothing. i give you sometimes it's so for me and also to for the young kids, especially gills. was this the sites and i really think goes kind well then. so the reason i is hoping to break the mold by finding success in the classroom and on the basketball court, she wants to help inspire her whole community. but none of that will come easily. the

the roosters crow is the natural alarm clock in digging a coastal community. an opera gunner, early mornings, are bustling with activity for the fisherman, students and market. the 19 year old beat to land page lead synagogue a with her father and brother. a remaining 4 siblings reside in a nearby community with her mother. i guess what size i saw me this already for my house. access to clean water is a significant obstacle for many communities and gonna including because sometimes it gets great. sometimes also gets to school after her tours hits to school.

she dreams of one day being an english professor. but for now, she's one of the 1st of her siblings on track to finish high school. in calling a many women are married off before turning 18. more than 40 percent of those married at an early age lock, formal education, despite different circumstances, re to know, she could easily be like one of those girls all to my phrase. and then come to think of it. those all, i don't know how they chose to come to school and then using that she gets pregnant as any age. but as i think about it says, i'm like, well, i saw some of this need to bring the opportunity please out for these deals. and then me having these opportunities, i think when i go, i will say though, also give these opportunities to and i go to my for me, after a long day at school,

we did, we turns home and quickly prepare us for her basketball training. she's determined to continue improving her game. basketball has helped motivate her in the classroom, and she sees the sport as a way to bring positive change to her community. joining the dunk basketball team helped change her life. and why so these guys me. now if i ok, then last year was a noisy and basically location is seem like so i need to jane is you and i way i see them on this is to be the stuff that you need me and let's all of them told me they said to call dunk on which stands for developing unity nurturing knowledge was founded in 2010. it's a non profit organization, the aims to empower at risk children and youth in underserved communities and gonna through the transformative power of sports with a focus on basketball. today read us here to join coach mon for personal training.

ok, so read the last time when you were playing the game i observed you were a bit weak with the left hand. so today we're going to work on the left side. so i would demo straight, and then you try to do the same thing, right? and every time you have the bar, remember, you need to stay low. so if i'm here testable, this was this in all the time because that's how you play basketball from low to high. all right, i have the bowl now. first job. that's our cross finish . yeah. remember, we're working on the left. that is going to be difficult to receive. try it. let's go to the apps they low. good go. you can just like if somebody who has seen a lot of struggles. so she really is trying to push yourself out of that struggle that you can see the way she talks the way she plays, that where is socialized,

life at home hasn't been easy for rita, though to night her mother is visiting for dinner. her family isn't always together . rita's parents are divorced, leading to financial struggles as they both faced on certainty at work. this situation has placed a heavy burden on re to navigating between parents for support. yeah, i was it off to stay with them. do i was doing it they're causing by and i came back, i realize doing what you get anymore. so i tried my best to bring them together. but if you do like, if i need something with my mom, if my dad has an assigned something, i guess explain it to my mom and my mom comes 16, my dad. then he, yesterday's, i was denied at i guess, as i say with their father struggling to make ends need and earning less than a $100.00 a month. that's a carpenter, basic necessities become a luxury. this constant financial strain serve cents

a driving force for rita to excel and both her education and basketball career and retail entre brother did their best in school despite their difficult financial reality. the, it is honest, honestly had to go back to school and i did, they have in back my shoes, they support a just 2 things. so i had to get back in an issue. you know, that's like on the school. so i had to, to my dad and my dad, it was like, there's something going on as no money in by then the one was very hot. so i had to go to my college, fill it in any way like ok, so we can help today. so that they have some giving media inbox of the

in addition to lending a hand to players like 3 times during tough moments. dunc focuses on merging basketball with education for youth and need. here rita gets extra curricular educational support to keep her on track in school paper. if i want to write for us as an institution is very important that whatever we do on the quote, we can also come to the classroom. and also as a bit our educational side, i think we want to avoid a situation that we have kids who are good on the basketball court, but then in their classroom the following the high. so it's very important that it goes hand in hand libraries and every dunc center make that a reality only you to participate in skills training and educational classes that

the library are permitted to take part in basketball practice. this has had a big impact on retail, not only helping her focus on her schooling, but also helping to lend broader stability. the i'm very have. i have come this fall. because the, i don't, i don't think i'll probably be tied to this teenage pregnancy of taking jobs because it's only is as important as the education is. a big part of the draw is of course, the basketball of anybody. today's the final training session before an upcoming game. here we go. i about the job was go, i'm going to go like run out of

a see oh no. busy a plane, don't angels in jamestown tomorrow, or we're ready for that much. i can't hear. yeah, we're ready. despite facing her own challenges, rita remains dedicated to supporting other young women through regular walks in her neighborhood. she actively engage us with the use extending a helping hand to those in her community. the. this also provides rita with an opportunity to reflect the this case of teenage pregnancy jog i, me and others. so it help or support your your, your mind is always like, i have to go to their basketball because there's no time for you today. i'll go to the why, who is always letting me of you like that's come to us. which means rita doesn't to

spend tons of time playing basketball. she also loves to watch it. she does her best to model her game off of her favorite player age a wilson from the w n. b a's las vegas a says she is always at a center or sometimes that is a sideline. vision gives a chance to she double. she should sit down kinds 3 locations and through further partnerships with schools works with thousands of young people. the today is a highlights with retailers. i gave a team heading across across coast to james town, where they'll face off against another dunc squad in the

retail shows offer skills early on opening the scoring the in the end, the gay side came out on top. i think that goes was 195. we do the best because whenever we play that is quite to tell you about to do one. basketball has helped me to grow and helps her pursuing education and a brighter future. but she realizes how rare that can be in her community. the sunrise in las vegas time i went to the side to see on boise young girls and never know boys. they will for their physician. and the one to about to see on your as

a senior trying to think that friction with settings and then my kids. and yeah, this to pull out kind of defined education. and i think when, when education is added to this, people do, i do know do based on just vision. i think when i get an opportunity to change this, i really change it thanks to her efforts. retail looks well on her way to making that difference. the schools we say they're about never giving up every weekend on d, w. a. b

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