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Please support my Rwanda Fellowship

I am excited to share with you that I will be joining Shooting Touch, an international sport-for-development nonprofit, as part of their Rwanda Fellowship Program! With programs in Boston, MA and Rwanda, East Africa, Shooting Touch uses the mobilizing power of basketball to educate and inspire youth, women, and their communities to live healthier lives. In Rwanda, Shooting Touch serves over 1,000 youth, ages 7-21, and 2,000 women 21+ in six rural communities in the country’s Eastern Province.

As a Fellow, I will be living and serving in rural Shooting Touch communities, working to coordinate programming, support on-ground staff, and increase the reach of Rwanda’s first and only free youth league for girls, boys, and women. Alongside their team of local coaches, I will also help deliver Shooting Touch’s custom designed on/off-court health-education curriculum, organize health and gender equity awareness events, and much more.

I am reaching out today in hopes that you will kindly support my on-ground work in Rwanda. Every Fellow embarking on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is required to raise a minimum of $4,000 to support the amazing communities we serve with resources such as health care coverage, disease testing, health education, and daily basketball programming. I truly appreciate every life-changing contribution!

With gratitude,

Courtney

ABOUT Shooting Touch Rwanda

ABOUT COURTNEY CLASEN

Courtney holds a bachelor’s in Public Health from the College of Saint Rose, a master’s in Community Health Education from Merrimack College, and a master’s in International Development from Northumbria University. She played NCAA basketball at the Division I & II levels before competing professionally in England. Courtney also participated in Volunteer Zambia, helping develop grassroots basketball on-ground in Zambia, and previously served on Shooting Touch’s Emerging Leaders Board.