the saw so now next, both life looks at the goals basketball in gone. no. that's after the break. you can always get more news on our website, b, w dot com. and on all youtube and social media channels of the whole driving i. so watching goodbye the prices got any issues with a lot say what the name is, the calls back said wow, thank you so much for joining in. welcome to don't hold bad. a lot of people do that. it's all about saying it aloud. and sort of being

nosy, they like good everyone to ok. we cheering into the microphone, sorry. check out the award winning outcome. don't hold back the musket boys more than just a game. it's my passion, my temples, and it to 14 grand, nothing i can do 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 retail empty lips and a gay with her father and brother. her remaining 4 siblings reside in a nearby community with her mother. i guess what size i somebody does all the 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 lack 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 community don't, don't have the chance to come to school. and then using that, she gets pregnant at any age. but if i think i was, is on like, well, i saw some of this need to bring the opportunities 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 and now it's i ok then last year was in my z and basically location is seem like so i need to jane is you and i way i see them on this street is that that you need me and little one of them told me they said to him called 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 rita is 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, so 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 is somebody who has seen a lot of struggle. so she really is trying to push yourself out of that struggle that you can see the way she talks the way she plays the way it is socialize. 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 to and i will to my mom, if my dad is in a sense on things i guess explain it to my mom and my mom comes 16 my that then he yesterday's. ok then i, i get to the same with their father struggling to make ends meet and earning less than a $100.00 a month. as a carpenter, basic necessities become a luxury. this constant financial strain serves as

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, i'll say i had to go back to school and i did the have in back my shoes. they spoke a just 2 things. so i had to get back in an issue with others like on the school. so i had to, to my dad and my dad, it was like, there's nothing going on. there's no money in buy, 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. the need. here rita gets extra curricular educational support to keep her on track and school paper. if i want to write for us as an institution is very important, that whatever we do under 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 put on the basketball court, but then in their classroom the funding behind. so it's very important that it goes hand in hand. libraries and every dunk 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 reasons, not only helping her focus on her schooling, but also helping to lend broader stability. the. i'm very happy i have come this far because the i don't, i don't think i'll probably be part of this teenage pregnancy of taking jobs because it's only is as important as the education is. a big part of the drawing is of course, the basketball. anybody? today's the final training session before an upcoming game where we go, the boss, good job, was go argument about i've run out of that, but as you all know,

we have play down angels in jamestone tomorrow. 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 youth extending a helping hand to those in her community. the. this also provides rita with an opportunity to reflect this case of teenage pregnancy, drug ideas and others. so it help or support your, your, your mind is always like, i have to go to there by skim. oh, of course there is no time for you today. i'll go to the why, who is always getting me like comes with us,

which means rita doesn't just 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. she gives a chance to she double. she should sit duncan's 3 locations and through further partnerships with schools, works with thousands of young people. the today is the highlights with retailers of a team heading across across coast to james town, where they'll face off against another dunc squad in the

retail. the shows offer skills early on opening the scoring the in the end, the giga side came out on top. i think that's close to those 195. we did our best because when nobody played it is quite the telling about today. the one basketball has helped me to grow and helps her pursuing education and a brighter future, which she realizes how rare that can be in her community. the sunrise in las vegas. i. i went to the side, let's see young boys, young girls, and every know boys they will for the information and the one to about to see on your as

a senior. trying to think that friction with settings and then my kids. and yet this before i'll find them to find out education. and i think when, when education is added to this, people do, i do know do based on just vision. and i think when i get an opportunity to change this, i really change things to her efforts. retail looks well on her way to making that difference. the schools we say they're about never getting up every weekend on dw, or the gas guzzlers to lose his climates, offenders,

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