A wheelchair basketball coach for people with disabilities from the United States arrived in Juba on Tuesday to coach players, train coaches, classifiers and referees in South Sudan.
In a statement CRN saw on Tuesday, Jess Mark was invited by the International Committee of the Red Cross or ICRC.
ICRC Physical Rehabilitation Project Manager in South Sudan Venkatakannan Packirisamy expressed excitement that Mark will coach the South Sudan team to enable it to participate in international competitions in future.
Together with the South Sudan Wheelchair Basketball Association ICRC organizes weekly wheelchair basketball games to promote social inclusion for people with disabilities.
Mark began playing wheelchair basketball at the age of 19 after suffering a spinal cord injury.
He has been coaching wheelchair basketball since 2009, and has trained teams in Afghanistan, India, Palestine, Cambodia and in his home state of Colorado.