Hoops Care International

David West Hosts Basketball Clinic in Ghana

David West  is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

He played college basketball for Xavier University where in 2003. He became the first Musketeer to ever win the AP Player of the Year. West is a two-time NBA All-Star, being named to the West team in 2008 and 2009. In 2017, West won his first NBA Championship as a…

Coach Daniel Brandel Mentors HCI Members

Teaching proper shooting form

Coach Daniel Brandel work as a team member in an organization to develop excellence in their basketball program. Utilizing fully his ability to challenge athletes to reach their potential. Using a mentoring process by emphasizing the fundamentals, character building, and a sound philosophy. Providing excitement and enthusiasm for the players, school and parents with…

We are excited to see that our project and aim of providing an educational cubicle for the children and youth in our program has taken off!

Project Wisdom and students of the Heritage High School in Durham, NC raised an initial Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00) which has been put into this phase of the project.

Project Wisdom started in 2013 as a handful of students and educators who…

Africa Total,Ubrooklyn 3×3, Rolls Into Town!

Africa Total #54 (UBROOKLYN 3X3) is a basketball project by  Tito Toni, a Spanish Street Ball player who has travel many countries around the world.

Currently, Africa Total is about traveling the 54 African Countries in promoting sport, education, culture and art. It is also dubbed 54 Countries, 54 Cultures, 54 Emotions, 54 Sensations 54 Celebrations. Its motto is 1 Goal, The People! The first…

We had a very successful one day basketball and officiating clinic. Thanks to the Ghana Basketball Vice President, Mr. Iddrisu for stopping by and lending us the expertise of volunteer coach, Ben, of the USA. A big thank you also goes to the various coaches here in Cape Coast who helped in making it a success.

We had about fifty participants for the basketball and officiating clinic. The campers…

Eight Young Mothers Benefits From Program

Young Mothers Been Thought How To Stamp The Cloth

Eight young mothers between the ages of 16 – 22 have been selected to continue our women empowerment program in the Amanful Community in Cape Coast.

These young mothers will be taken through the skill training process with their mentor who stays in the same community with them.

We are also hoping to help them in their business management skills as…

Hoops Care has been vetted by GlobalGiving!

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GlobalGiving collect and review documentation for every organization,  including its legal documents, financial records,…

Ajata Jets Off To USA!

We as an organization and Ajata as a person has another feather in our cap! Yes, she is the first female not only from our organization but also in Ghana to gain an athletic scholarship through basketball to study in the USA.

Ajata, some years back was out on the first HCI scholarship and since then we have been following her success carefully both off and on the court.

While at the Aggrey…

World Race Team Completes Missions in Ghana

This year, Hoops Care officially became a partner with Adventures in Missions. As a partner we were privilege to receive a team from its World Race Program. The World Race is a stretching journey to serve “the least of these” while amongst real and raw community. This unique mission trip is a challenging adventure for young adults to abandon worldly possessions and a traditional lifestyle in…

Hoops Care International, through our Education Through Soccer Project, in collaboration with Play Soccer Ghana is hosted a four teams 14U football gala at the grounds of Football for Hope Center in Cape Coast. The four teams in attendance included, The Dream, Ali Royals, ETS and Play Soccer. In the first match Ali Royals defeated The Dream to qualify for the final. In the second match ETS won…

Hoops Care to partner with Adventures in Missions

Adventures in Missions is a Christian ministry that sends thousands of people on mission trips every year.

With a focus on prayer and discipleship, their goal is to see lives radically transformed by God. A-I-M offer many types of short-term mission trips, like youth mission trips, college mission trips, adult missions trips and family missions trips, with many options for Christian youth groups.

Successful Health Week Heald

We conducted a successful health week within Amanful Community here in Cape Coast and some selected schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis with the help of volunteers from Operation Groundswell

The health week lasted from Monday to Friday with each day targeting specific health issues such as healthy eating, malaria awareness, female hygiene, blood pressure test etc.

The highlight of the health…

Health Week with Operation Groundswell

Today is the beginning of a week of health activities with our partner Operation Groundswell. Yesterday, four public health students from Canada and USA met with our staff and went through their orientation. It was an interactive occasion and we trust that they will enjoy their time with us while in Ghana.

The coming health week will see us involved in the following activities, public health…

New Partnership Announce with Knights Integrating Developmental Sports (KIDS)

Knights Integrating Developmental Sports (KIDS) is a nonprofit organization interested in providing athletic equipment and opportunities for young children who are currently in a place where sports are not a part of their everyday lives.

When we came upon their profile on the web, we could not help but noticed that we had similar goals in working with children in sports. We thereby reached out to…

Partnership with Operation Groundswell Volunteers this Summer

In December last year, staff of Hoops Care met with Sarindi ARYASINGHE of Operation Groundswell regarding potential partnership with their entity. In an email communication dated April 26, 2015, she wrote,

I hope this email finds you well! I’m just emailing regarding Operation Groundswell’s potential partnership with Hoops Care International this summer. We met in December by your office near…

3X3 Who Dares Wins Tournament A Success!!!

As part of our objectives of not only promoting healthy living but also advocate on issues regarding the community, we are glad to inform you that we were endorsed by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) to organize and host a global event dubbed #WhoDaresWins 3×3 Global Challenge

The event which was a three aside basketball competition was held on the same day in major cities around…