audio, stills, text and or video: Go to zReportage.com to see more - In addition to the natural beauty of wildlife and waters such as the Nile, Uganda also known as the Pearl of Africa, is hiding neglected sport talents living under the poorest conditions. Katanga in Kampala is a slum community where more than 20,000 people live extreme poverty. Women living in the city's poorest slums train for perhaps the world's most brutal sport. Boxing is considered a game for men in Uganda, and women fighters are looked down upon and despised. Most of the women who box in the city are single mothers. And even though their matches are seldom promoted, a pro-fight, which can net between $25 and $50 Dollars, is lucrative for these women, who have jobs and work as seamstresses, hairdressers and even nightclub bouncers for around $3 a day. This sport does not count on nor receive financial support from the government, or from the public and fans as compared to soccer. The women of the Rhino Boxing Club box for a better life, full of dreams and expectations, trying to feed themselves and their families, trying to achieve local and international recognition and appreciation.
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July 23, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - HELENE trains daily more than 2.5 hours by Innocent Kapalata, a passionate and ambitious former boxer, without a salary. Katanga in Kampala is a slum community where more than 20,000 people who live under conditions of extreme poverty and without basic infrastructure such as permanent fresh water supply and brick houses.
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July 23, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - HELENE and DIANA train daily more than 2.5 hours by INNOCENT KAPALATA, a passionate and ambitious former boxer. Amidst the shanty homes a group of ambitious fighters are trying to reach for a better life.
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July 27, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - Kids box at the Rhino Boxing Club. Some of the boxers are forced to gather banana peels in order to survive. They are passionate about boxing, and they continue their struggle despite the scorn.
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July 28, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - A stagnant stream runs through the middle of the community and is a water source for washing, cooking and often a toilet. No permanent fresh water is available. The Rhino Boxer Club in the midst of the slums of Katanga and allows for brief moments of escape, where fighters forget about their needs, pains and poverty.
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July 28, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - Helene and Diana live with more than 25 relatives in 20 square meters with no windows, sharing the space with livestock, sleeping in bunk beds and on the floor.
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Aug. 1, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - Katanga in Kampala is a slum community where more than 20,000 people live under conditions of extreme poverty and without basic infrastructure such as permanent fresh water supply and brick houses.
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Dec. 10, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - With just one pair of gloves, shoes and dirty bandages, female boxers train daily for more than 2.5 hours.
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July 27, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - DIANA trains daily for more than 2.5 hours by Innocent Kapalata, a passionate and ambitious former boxer.
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Aug. 3, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - An 8 year-old boy boxes at the Rhino Boxer Club.
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Aug. 31, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - Kids box at the Rhino Boxing Club during a boxing event.
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Sept. 1, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - Kids fight during an event at the Rhino Boxing Club.
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July 27, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - HELENE trains daily more than 2.5 hours by Innocent Kapalata.
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Aug. 3, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - Young girls practice at the Rhino Boxer Club.
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July 27, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - Kids box at the Rhino Boxing Club, supervised by HELENE and DIANA.
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July 23, 2013 - Kampala, Uganda - Often DIANA closes her eyes and starts dreaming that she will be discovered by international reporters, fighters, trainers, clubs and associations.
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