A Ugandan refugee camp is a world away from where freeskier Gus Kenworthy has built his career.
But far from the snowy mountains, Kenworthy found a shared connection with refugee athletes through sport.
Kenworthy, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist in freeski slopestyle, traveled to the Nakivale camp in southwest Uganda in June, spending two weeks filming for an Olympic Channel docu-series, Camps to Champs.
On his visit to the camp, Kenworthy saw what sport could mean in one of the world’s largest refugee camps.
“It gives them a sense of purpose to wake up in the day and they know that they’re playing a basketball game or they’re going for a run with their friends,” Kenworthy said.