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Robert Katende is a Ugandan chess coach, footballer, and engineer. He is also the executive director of Sports Outreach. He promoted the game of chess to the slums and street kids of Kampala.
The inspiring story of Robert Katende, the man behind the success of Uganadan chess champion Phiona Mutesi, begins in a small town in Kiboga District where his teenage mother had to place her son in the care of his grandmother.
Robert Katende. Watch the documentary of Robert Katende, “A Fork, A Spoon and a Knight” directed by Mira Nair. Robert Katende is 30+ years old. He and his wife Sarah have three daughters, Mercy, Hope and Queen. Robert is an engineer by profession specializing in Civil, IT & Computer engineering.
Sep 22, 2016 · Coach Robert Katende realized Phiona was a prodigy and had a gift when she started to beat him. He then took her outside the slums and she defeated the privileged boarding-school kids and then the university players. In 2007, she won the Uganda women's junior championship when she was 11.
Feb 12, 2023 · Its founder, Robert Katende, managed to bring chess into the lives of the children of Uganda’s slums. Starting with a single chessboard and a desire to help, he managed to uplift the lives of thousands of disadvantaged children.
The Chess Academy and Mentoring Center began in the slums of Kampala, Uganda when SOM soccer coach, Robert Katende, noticed children watching from the sidelines of soccer matches he had organized. Robert started with only five children and now has over 300 who gather daily across five separate slum locations.
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Jan 16, 2014 · Robert Katende, the director of the Sports Outreach Ministry and Phiona's chess coach from the beginning, is pragmatic about her future. He says as she does not have the same...
