The Gift of a Basketball
Andrew and I arrived in Benin City, Nigeria, for the 2015 Access to Success annual trip. During this trip, our goal for this camp remained the same as the goals of every A2S camp — to empower Nigerian youth with [...]
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A Homecoming Like None Other
Nathan Ekwu is a Nigerian born student-athlete at Davidson College who came to the U.S.A 3 years ago to pursue his studies. This summer, Nathan will be traveling back to Nigeria with A2S founder, Andrew Lovedale to assist in empowering [...]
More Than Just a Summer Camp
Spring has sprung, and the flowers are starting to bloom, giving rise to the most beautiful time of the year. As we have transitioned into this beautiful spring, it also kicks our summer plans into high gear. With children wrapping [...]
Checking in with Uche
Uche Ufochukwu, through a partnership with Hope 4 Girls Africa and Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., is now a full time student juggling school and basketball practice. She is adjusting to life in U.S. and American basketball. “I [...]
Toe to Head
* Support A2S by using the code "A2S" to purchase a ticket to the 7th Annual A2S Game at Davidson College on February 21 against Fordham at 7 p.m. Email gwen@a2sfoundation.org for information on our group package, which includes a [...]
The Ever-Present Reality of Hunger
* Click here to donate to the Meal-a-Thon Clint Smith is a graduate of Davidson College where he received his B.A. in English. He is a teacher, poet and doctoral candidate in Education at Harvard University. In 2013, the Maryland [...]
Wars in Our Stomachs
Click Here to DONATE TO THE A2S MEAL-A-THON Aisosa Ogboghodo is a 22-year-old A2S scholarship recipient who currently studies International Studies and Diplomacy at the Ambrose Ali University in Ekpoma, Edo State. Aisosa wrote this poem to draw attention to [...]
Palm-Kernel Delight
* Click Here to DONATE TO THE A2S MEAL-A-THON* Jennifer Nkem Eneanya is a friend of A2S and the editor of Konnect Africa, an online magazine focused on Africa and the great achievements of Africans in this era. She writes [...]
Uche Ufochukwu: Strength in Character
Uche Ufochukwu is a 16-year-old girl from Benin City, Nigeria, who had never played basketball until April of 2013, when her life intertwined with A2S. This year, Uche will travel to the U.S. to study and play basketball through a [...]
A2S Hosts Three-Day Health Clinic on Ebola and Other Strange Diseases
A2S recently hosted a three-day health clinic to educate our youth and their communities about now-contained Ebola outbreak. Serving nearly 1,700 members of the A2S community in Benin City, the clinic featured education about strange diseases, outreach into the community [...]
