As a child, I engaged in and led a number of charity projects within and outside of the high school I attended. They included raising money to support children and families who were economically and socially outside the reach of mainstream services and support like orphans and street children.

Our work also involved starting and maintaining a mutual benefit partnership with students and schools in Northern Uganda that had been severely set back by the Kony guerilla war that had lingered for over 20 years.

Our projects ensured that such students and families would continue getting reliable access to scholastic materials and other basic needs. It was that experience and background that prompted me in 2007 to launch the Sendi Ian Foundation, a Uganda-based non-profit serving marginalized children and families within Kampala and the surrounding communities.

When I left College School in 2008, I joined Mukono Christian University in 2009 and Makerere University that same year until 2012 when I moved to the United States.

I joined FC Minneapolis in 2014, and I have been blessed to continue living and playing here while supporting the work of our Foundation and the many young people in Uganda who look up to me for guidance and support.