Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Soccer gave Notre Dame student-athlete Daniel Boateng a path from Accra, Ghana, to the University of Notre Dame — but education allowed him to walk through the doors it opened.

Now, through his nonprofit Changing Lives GH, he’s using soccer to connect kids with learning opportunities and sponsoring the education of 100 children. He hopes to build a free school in every region of Ghana.

Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/fighting-to-educate-children-in-ghana