I’ve had the pleasure of going on safari a few times at the end of my trips to Rwanda, photographing basketball culture. These are some of my favorite images from those trips.

Today is the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, a day to recognize the positive influence sport has on the advancement of human rights, and social and economic development.

Shot on my 3rd trip to Rwanda for Shooting Touch, a basketball nonprofit with the mission of using sport to educate and empower at-risk and the communities in which they live. For this film I utilized an incredible speech by Shooting Touch Board Member and Athletic Director of the Noble & Greenough school that he gave to a group of new coaches in Nyamirama, Rwanda following a coaches clinic.

Back in June, I was lucky enough to partner with a Boston-based nonprofit, Shooting Touch, to travel to Rwanda and document the participants in their "Basketball Health Corps" initiative. They use the sport of basketball and their partnerships with health administrators to teach children valuable skills and preventative treatments when it comes to HIV/AIDS, malaria, and daily health.