Video History of RO 16
Bringing CHRISTMAS to Kiganda 2024
In 2020, Reagan recalled how his life was changed when the Kenya’s legendary women’s coach, Storm Trentham, brought food and Christmas to his family in the Kiganda slum. After celebrating this first Christmas at nineteen, Reagan’s family began a tradition of saving their meager monies, earned all year, to recreate that magical Christmas celebration every year. Being blessed to be in America in 2024, Reagan could not stop thinking of the infusion of hope that his first Christmas had provided for his family. To provide this same hope to those he left behind, partnering with Kevin, he created a Go Fund Me and raised over two thousand dollars to feed the children of the slum. The above videos share the pure joy that Christmas morning and bags of chicken, rice band a small gift brought to the slum. With your help, we will do it again this Christmas!
THE TRIUMPH IN THESE VIDEOS DEMONSTRATES THE POWER THAT SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS HAVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD .
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Christmas Morning 2023: The Kiganda Slum
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A Lacrosse Christmas in Uganda 2023
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THE POWER OF BELIEF: Making Dreams Come True
The first video shares the amazing story of how Reagan maintained his belief that a better life was possible in the face of abandonment and poverty. Finding himself left with an aging grandmother and fourteen siblings, Reagan never lost hope that with determination and hard work, he could live out his lacrosse dreams and create a new direction for his life and for that of his family. The second video is a snapshot of Reagan’s training regimen and the effort that went into making a Reagan a premier player in Africa and the world as well as an Instagram sensation (reagan_ochan_16/#).
THIS TRIUMPH IN THESE VIDEOS DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF HOPE OVER ALL OBSTACLES
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Reagan’s video telling the story of journey to the World Games
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Reagan’s Training Video
The Power of Family: Maintaining Hope in the Face Of Challenge
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This video shares what life is like in Kiganda for the inhabitants of the slum. The music and video, created by Rogers Anywar, share the daily struggle for water amid the resilient smiles of the children.
Video of Reagan’s family
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This video, also created by Rogers Anywar, brings to life the power of family as Reagan’s family tells their story of life in the slum and how the bonds of family make these conditions tolerable. In this video, you will see sticks present in every minute of the video, revealing the power of the giving game as promised to America’s first people and truly demonstrating how lacrosse has made life for Reagan’s family tolerable.