In many parts of Africa, disabled individuals live on the fringe of society. They are often considered useless and incapable, and a large portion of them end up begging on the street to survive. For a group of Ghanaian disabled young men, football is going to change this.

 Every Saturday morning, the group meets to train on a dirt field in Accra, the country’s capital. The young men play hard and never fail to impress able-bodied onlookers, who hardly believe disabled people can move around the field with such dexterity.

Most of the men have lost an arm or a leg to polio; others were the victims of car accidents (one of the leading causes of death in Ghana). For many of the players, finding money for transportation every week is a constant challenge, but hope keeps them coming – the hope to one day become Ghana’s first-ever disabled football team. With a small local NGO for only sponsor, the team hopes to attract the larger sponsorships that will open the door to international competitions. Until they get there, they’ll keep coming, every Saturday morning at the crack of dawn.