Dadaz

@thegiftofchess Exciting moment

Dream Chasers!! Jambo Kenya 🇰🇪

Legoooooo

Can't wait to meet you......🇿🇲

On his wings❤️

@thegiftofchess @Susan_GOC Looking forward .This is very exciting and a big milestone ..

Over the coming 2 weeks, we will be traveling from NYC to Kenya & Malawi to celebrate the 50th birthday of @Susan_GOC. Alongside members of our global team, we will visiting chess programs at schools, refugee camps & prisons, witnessing first hand the power of a simple chess set.

On our wings ✈️🇰🇪

Attention passengers… the flight has taken off! Next stop: Susan @50 Chess Championship.♟️ A big thank you to W travels for stepping in to sponsor one of the three air tickets that will send our young champions to the Africa Youth Chess Championship in Uganda🇺🇬 . Looks like one of our rising chess stars will soon be making moves both in the sky and on the chessboard! Let’s also show them some love by patronizing and supporting W Travels for your travel needs — because partners who support young talent deserve our support too! ✈️ #SusanAt50 #WTravels #ChessJourney #ChessTakesFligh

The Susan @50 Chess Championship is proud to welcome Tyre Solutions to the family! They don’t just keep vehicles rolling on the road — they’re making sure our chess warriors stay cool, calm, and fully hydrated. 🙌 Tyre Solutions will be providing bottled water for the event, because sharp minds work best when the water is flowing! 💦♜ Safe to say this tournament will be running extra smooth… with the right pressure! 😄🛞 Welcome aboard, Tyre Solutions — let’s keep things moving in style! 🚀✨ #SusanAt50 #TyreSolutions #GameOn #ChessWithImpact

Today was a big move for the Susan @50 Chess Championship♟️✨ We held a successful press briefing with some of Malawi’s leading media houses — Zodiak Broadcasting Station, Times Television, Mibawa Television, Nation Publications Limited, and Malawi Broadcasting Corporation. The energy in the room was powerful, the vision was clear, and the excitement is building! 🔥 This championship is not just about chess — it’s about strategy, celebration, empowerment, and making history at 50. Malawi, get ready… this is going to be bigger than you think. ♟️💛 Stay tuned, register, and be part of the movement! #susanat50 #DadazChess #chesschampionship #Malawi #SusanAT50

This happened to me in late 2018. I secured funding from a UN agency for the pilot phase of an international project. I even obtained the government’s official signature as proof of institutional backing. At the same time, I met the woman I choose to marry. Love and purpose were blooming together. I was so confident the funding would be released. I prefinanced everything. I produced kits for schools across multiple regions. I organized a high-level official launch bringing together the UN Agency, government representatives, stakeholders, and the press. I trained selected teachers from different parts of the country — covering associated expenses. My wife-to-be stood by me. She worked with me. She believed in the dream. Three weeks after the weekly school sessions began, I received a phone call that changed everything: The funding was cancelled. That same day, I went home and she told me she was pregnant. I was going to be a father for the first time. But I had nothing. I had lost 25 million naira in prefinancing. I was owing 5 million naira to a friend’s friend. My savings were gone. She would ask questions. I couldn’t tell her the truth. I was afraid the shock would harm the pregnancy. I chose silence. I chose lies. I chose to “protect” her — not knowing she had already sensed everything. When she asked for money for hospital checkups, I had nothing to give. The man I owed money to had me taken to the police station. I spent three days there before friends repay the debt. When I returned home, she had made her decision. She told me she could not build a future with a broke man — no car, no rent money, no feeding money. In a matter of weeks, I had lost my money, my dignity, my love, and my sense of self. So I went into personal exile — first to Togo, then to Côte d’Ivoire. There, something unexpected happened. I began spending time with out-of-school ad street children. We played football. We played ludo. And in their eyes, I saw myself — the street child I had been in the year 2000 when I lost both my parents. It was like meeting my younger self again. Three years later, I stumbled on stories from @Tunde_OD , @chessinslums and @thegiftofchess — teaching chess in slums. Something inside me woke up. I reached out immediately. I travelled all the way to Lagos to collect the first 50 chess sets. Those 50 chess boards became my resurrection. I began organizing sessions for street children in Benin Republic, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire. And every time a child learned how a pawn moves, every time a king was protected, every time a checkmate was celebrated — something inside me healed. Chess restored my dignity. Chess rebuilt my confidence. Chess gave me language when I had lost my voice. Chess gave structure to chaos. Chess reminded me that even when you lose your queen, the game is not over. Through The Gift of Chess, I returned to Benin Republic not as a failure — but as an Ambassador. That was my social reintegration. That was my spiritual restoration. What looked like a devastating collapse in 2018 was actually divine redirection. God stripped everything away to align me with my true mission. And from that rebirth, OKAY was born — Orphans Keepers Africa Yearning for a Humanised World. Today, I use sports — especially chess — to bring hope to thousands of out-of-school and street children. The Gift of Chess is not just a program to me. It is my treasure. It is my second chance. It is proof that broken men can rebuild — and then rebuild others. To Tunde and the entire team of The Gift of Chess @charlesTandoh11 : Thank you for unknowingly saving a life. Thank you for giving me back my name. Thank you for turning my exile into assignment. Because of you, I am no longer running from my past. I am building futures. And this is only the beginning.

Calling all young chess stars! ♟️ Register your child for the Susan @50 Chess Championship and let them compete, learn, and WIN BIG! ✨ Amazing prizes up for grabs: ✈️ Air tickets to Uganda 📱 Tablets ⌚ Smartwatches and many more 📍 Crossroads Hotel 📅 27th – 29th March 💰 Registration: K60,000 (covers tournament fees and food for all 3 days) Spots are limited — register now and let the games begin! ♟️🔥 #susanat50 #DadazChess #susanat50 #chesschampionship #chess

♟️A winning moment!
Today, our MD met with the Ambassador to Egypt, H.E. Rasha Hamdy, during a courtesy visit. We are thrilled to announce that she has accepted to be the Chief Guest for the Susan@50 Chess Championship! This championship is set to be exciting, inspiring, and full of great moves.
Register now and secure your spot at the board! #SusanAT50 #Chess #Malawi

Planting trees 🌱 Growing minds ♟️ Planting hope 🌍 Today at MZdobwe, we were honored to be joined by the District Education Sports Officer, Vitalite Team, Nthawi Farms representative, GVH Tsabango, CRCL Chairman, Chessam representatives, and the Assistant Commissioner of Prisons for a successful tree planting activity. We also proudly donated chess sets! Big thank you to all Dadaz parents and kids who came through and made the day special #dadazchess #treecare #earth #chess

Meet Prabhat Yadav, from Bhadohi Uttar Pradesh India. In partnership with @thegiftofchess, Prabhat has been using chess as a tool for education, including empowering more girls to participate though the “Checkmate Her Limits” program. @ShreejanLHF

In partnership with @ChessbaseIndia we are using chess as a tool to expand access to educational opportunities across India. Chess is a low/cost, universally recognized tool that creates critical thinking skills along with building valuable human communities.

I'm back to twitter and guess what ? Am turning 50 in March and celebrating my milestone by doing what I love most .....Susan@50 with Chess

🌳♟️ Checkmate for a greener Malawi! 🌟 We're planting trees and playing chess as part of our mission to keep Malawi green! Huge thanks to Vitalite and Nthawi Farms for their support! Join us in this strategic move towards a sustainable future 🌿 #MalawiGoesGreen #Dadazchess

Meet our sponsor C and M Investments – bringing top-notch stationery and décor to make the Susan @50 Chess Championship look and feel🔥 ! Score sheets, sharp vibes, and chessmaster moments await Register now and join the game Let’s celebrate, let’s compete, and let’s make Susan @50 unforgettable! #SusanAT50 #CandMinvestments #dadazchess #chesschampionship