{"id":11804,"date":"2024-10-21T21:25:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T21:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11804"},"modified":"2024-10-21T21:25:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T21:25:12","slug":"caitlin-clarks-life-changing-impact-goes-global-from-iowa-to-africa-this-changes-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11804","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark\u2019s LIFE CHANGING IMPACT Goes GLOBAL \u2013 From Iowa To Africa! This Changes Everything!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark\u2019s LIFE CHANGING IMPACT Goes GLOBAL \u2013 From Iowa To Africa! This Changes Everything!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Caitlin Clark\u2019s LIFE CHANGING IMPACT Goes GLOBAL - From Iowa To Africa! This Changes Everything!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TSqzz-MvLdE?feature=oembed\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"858\" data-origheight=\"483\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-headline--title\">\u2018Like magic in my eyes\u2019: Young women in Africa find inspiration in Caitlin Clark<\/h1>\n<p>The popularity of Iowa\u2019s Caitlin Clark extends far beyond the state of Iowa. The so-called \u201cCaitlin Clark Effect\u201d can be felt around the county, and even around the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\">\n<p>\u201cWe were curious at first but as the game went on, we fell in love with what we were watching,\u201d says Martha Nyamal. The 16-year-old South Sudanese refugee now lives in Gulu, Uganda at ChildVoice\u2019s Lukome Center. It\u2019s where she and a group of other young women squeezed inside of a small thatched roof hut to watch the Iowa Hawkeyes play the Ohio Buckeyes, on a monitor powered by solar energy and Wi-Fi earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing how things were happening was like magic in my eyes,\u201d smiled Nyamal. \u201cI liked it so much and I said \u2018Wow, I can also try it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-ratio-2x1 lazyload lazyload-in-view lazyloaded\" title=\"'Like magic in my eyes': Young women in Africa find inspiration in Caitlin Clark\" src=\"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/cc-uganda-pic-1-6605f577af6c2.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.670xh;0,0.115xh&amp;resize=660:*\" alt=\"&amp;#x27;like&amp;#x20;magic&amp;#x20;in&amp;#x20;my&amp;#x20;eyes&amp;#x27;&amp;#x3A;&amp;#x20;young&amp;#x20;women&amp;#x20;in&amp;#x20;africa&amp;#x20;find&amp;#x20;inspiration&amp;#x20;in&amp;#x20;caitlin&amp;#x20;clark\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/cc-uganda-pic-1-6605f577af6c2.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.670xh;0,0.115xh&amp;resize=660:*\" data-embed-id=\"86570\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\">\n<p>Young women at the ChildVoice Lukome Center in northern Uganda have found inspiration in Iowa Hawkeye Caitlin Clark.<\/p>\n<p>The group of nearly two dozen young women had never watched a game of basketball in their lives, let alone played the sport until the nonprofit organization they are receiving education, skills training and therapy from introduced the sport to them.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Kyitarinyeba, the head of office at\u00a0ChildVoice\u00a0Uganda, says sports act as therapy for the girls who are refugees and victims of war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe in empowering young girls; girls who have faced terrible trauma,\u201d explains Kyitarinyeba. \u201cFor girls, empowerment and believing in themselves that yes, I can make it no matter what circumstances are surrounding them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ChildVoice gifted black and yellow Caitlin Clark t-shirt jerseys to the girls to wear while they play netball, Uganda\u2019s version of basketball. The organization\u2019s founders, who are avid Iowa Hawkeye fans, say Clark is the perfect role model for the women they serve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese girls have lived very tough lives to this point and they really have not had roles models,\u201d says Dr. Neil Mandsager, a former board member of ChildVoice and Iowa alum. \u201cThey are learning how to be the best version of themselves and we are trying to reinforce any positive role models we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-ratio-16x9 lazyload lazyload-in-view lazyloaded\" title=\"'Like magic in my eyes': Young women in Africa find inspiration in Caitlin Clark\" src=\"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/img-20240307-112344-0-6605f5f6caced.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&amp;resize=660:*\" alt=\"&amp;#x27;like&amp;#x20;magic&amp;#x20;in&amp;#x20;my&amp;#x20;eyes&amp;#x27;&amp;#x3A;&amp;#x20;young&amp;#x20;women&amp;#x20;in&amp;#x20;africa&amp;#x20;find&amp;#x20;inspiration&amp;#x20;in&amp;#x20;caitlin&amp;#x20;clark\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/img-20240307-112344-0-6605f5f6caced.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&amp;resize=660:*\" data-embed-id=\"789776\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\">\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<p><span class=\"image-photo-credit\">Courtesy of ChildVoice<\/span><br \/>\nNearly two dozen young women at the ChildVoice Lukome Center in Gulu, Uganda, tuned in to watch Caitlin Clark and the Iowa women play Ohio, using a monitor powered by solar energy and Wi-Fi earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Clark\u2019s impressive \u2018from the logo\u2019 shots are one thing, but her ability to be a good teammate, and her character and heart left a lasting impression on the women living at the center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat fellow girls are doing and how they are impacting society is very encouraging and motivating for girls like us,\u201d says Babau Esther, another teenager living at the Lukome center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"idlastshow2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-post-after\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Caitlin Clark\u2019s LIFE CHANGING IMPACT Goes GLOBAL \u2013 From Iowa To Africa! 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