reporter: robert katende also organizes chess seminars for the children of katwe.e wants them all to have the opportunity to extend their horizons. donations to his som chess academy benefit the children. katende has so far paid for 80 children to go to school. with her prize money, phiona bought a house in the country with a garden, where her mother grows fruit and vegetables. >> i am so proud of my daughter. we used to live on the street. sometimes we had nothing to eat for days on end. but now i have my own house and my own crops. i can even give a little to others. reporter: for phiona, the chess academy is a home away from home, and its students are like her family. when she was really down, this is where she found support and encouragement. and now she is helping other children as she herself was helped. [film clip] >> you could be the best in all of uganda. >> good. >> where is that for you? it's not the place you belong. you belong where you believe you belong. you have a mother who never gave up on you. reporter: phiona's story is like a fairytale, but it