[film clip] >> check mate. >> this year's gold medalist, phiona mutesi.eporter: the young champion travelled the world. at 14, she represented uganda at the chess olympiad in siberia. ms. mutesi: it was a new life. it was all strange. i didn't know how to use flushing toilets, nothing. i didn't know how to sleep in bed by myself. i didn't know how to use a shower. so, everything. it was our coach who used to teach us everything. yeah, it was now beyond the chess board and life skills. reporter: robert katende also organizes chess seminars for the children of katwe. he 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 nothingng to t for days on enend. but now i have my own house and my own crops. i can even give a little to others. r