Brew's Cafe- Episode 32 Mark Crandall

Most American high schoolers do exchange programs in places like France, or Spain, or maybe Japan. Mark Crandall went to Zimbabwe, a small country in southern Africa that didn't technically exist just a few years earlier. What he experienced there-- a way of living known as "Ubuntu"-- set the course of his life's work from that moment until today. Mark's organization, Hoops4Hope operates in Zimbabwe and South Africa, using sports, most specifically basketball, to teach responsibility, accountability, mentorship and citizenship in a culture where such lessons aren't always easy to come by. Now celebrating 25 years, Hoops4Hope still brings these lessons to countless children in Africa, who usually play without shoes, and often without even a ball, as well as to children in local schools and in his local summer camp, East Hampton Sports Camp. Listen in as Mark tells the story of how it all came about, what challenges is presently faces, and where he hopes the future will take the program.