Sabera wants a future in basketball and stars of the sport Steph Curry and Tracy Williams are helping her realise it

What’s the point of existence in a world that pours pain?

Killing, raping, slaughtering and hating

I sometimes wonder to myself how much I can take?

The heart weeps

Let me tell you, my story

Of what made me wait for the sunrise

I found my passion five years after being forced to flee from my home country

Being a stranger alone in this new world

I was blessed with a gift that made me feel out of this world

It made me dream

— Sabera 

Sabera is an Afghan refugee who has just turned 17.

Her family fled Afghanistan and moved to Australia when she was 12 years old, in the hope of a peaceful life.

It is here she found that gift, that made her dream.

Soon after arriving in Sydney, Sabera went to an IEC (Intensive English Centre) where she was introduced to basketball.

«I used to play soccer in Afghanistan and never knew basketball existed,» she said.

«I got to know the game and fell in love with it right away.»

Sabera now dreams of playing basketball at the highest level possible but also has a passion for writing poetry and fashion design.

She is one of many teenagers reaping the benefits of a global basketball program spearheaded by NBA superstar Steph Curry and former Harlem Globetrotter, Tracy Williams.

The Curry Brand has collaborated with Charity Bounce, an Australian not-for-profit organisation, to build the first official Curry Brand basketball court outside of the United States, at the Arncliffe Youth Centre in southern Sydney.

The centre recently installed a new FIBA-approved floor surface to host elite basketball competitions and youth programs, focusing on Indigenous and culturally diverse youth, including newly arrived refugees.

Williams is the global ambassador for Charity Bounce.

«As an African American, I was an at-risk kid and