Kalungi has made more than 100 appearances in the USL, having also competed for the Richmond Kickers prior to joining the Independence, and has also made numerous appearances for Uganda’s national team. After the success of this off-season’s events, 29-year-old is now hoping to expand the scope of the foundation, and offer greater opportunity to those who need it most.

“We are looking forward to doing this even bigger to where we can feed more kids, because as much as we did there were kids who wanted more food,” Kalungi told Mahoney. “The goal of the foundation is not to come and do Christmas and then leave. We want to really make a difference in these kids’ lives, from where they live to everything.

“We are doing research to find a way to help them go to school. Back in Uganda, we have boarding school. Some school kids can get off the streets by going to boarding school. This provides them with meals every day, clothes and shelter. Sometimes we talk about things and we think, ‘oh that’s too big of a dream,’ but our main focus is to build our own school where we can gets kids off the streets and educate these kids. We want to teach these kids skills to survive in life.”