On October 29th, as the final whistle blew and South Sudan’s blind football team triumphed over Uganda, cheers erupted across the pitch, and far beyond it. The victory crowned them champions of the inaugural IBSA Blind Football African Championship Division 2, but its meaning reached much deeper than the trophy in their hands. For the world’s youngest nation, it was a moment of pride, resilience, and proof that dreams, even those born from struggle, can become history. Just a few years earlier, in 2020, South Sudan's blind football journey began with only two players and a shared vision. 

Today, that vision has grown into a community of more than forty athletes and a thriving national league, transforming how the nation sees disability and possibility. Under the leadership of Head Coach Simon Madol, himself a Disability Inclusion Facilitator with Light for the World, the team has become a symbol of unity in a country often defined by division. Supported by the South Sudan Association of the Visually Impaired (SSAVI), Light for the World, and the adidas Foundation’s United by Sport programme, these athletes have rewritten the script on what inclusion looks like. Their victory against Uganda was not just a win on the scoreboard; it was a triumph of courage, teamwork, and the unbreakable spirit of a nation still learning to see itself, clearly, and proudly, through new eyes