NSN’S Racing for Change is coming to Brazil
Apr 23rd, 2026
Racing For Change
Launched in 2022, the Racing for Change initiative started with a fundraising appeal to fund the the Field of Dreams bike center at the Community of Hope in Bugesera, Rwanda.
Inaugurated in February 2023, the Field of Dreams consists of a pump track and road circuit that has changed the lives of the Bugesera residents and the wider Rwandan community. This center is dedicated to enriching the lives of thousands of youngsters, serving as an educational tool to develop their skills in cycling and beyond.
Progress continues at the center. In September 2025, a new facility featuring classrooms, dressing rooms, showers, and equipment storage was completed. These were the next steps in making the Field of Dreams a true hub of cycling, learning, and opportunity for the youth of Rwanda.
In April 2026, it was announced that the NSN Cycling Team, along with sponsors Brainvest Wealth Management and Innova AATB, will be taking the project to Brazil. Different country, new continent, but the vision and ambition remain the same.
The Field of Dreams
The Field of Dreams bike center includes a pump track, road circuit, and future cycling academy built on 16 acres of land deep in the Bugesera district of Rwanda.
The completed complex offers 120,000 students in the Bugesera district, between the ages of 6 and 18, the opportunity to take up biking and to develop their skills, thrive, and achieve success through cycling.
The cost of building the Field of Dreams race track and pump track was €300,000.
An Engine For Change
The Field of Dreams bike center enjoyed the full support of Bugesera’s Mayor, Richard Mutabazi, whose district consists of 566 villages home to half a million residents, many of them connected by roads that would benefit from an increase in cycling infrastructure. These improvements are planned in the next stage of development at the Field of Dreams
He says: "This unprecedented initiative promises to have a huge effect on the new generation of Bugesera and possibly all of Rwanda, well beyond cycling. We envision the infrastructure being built for this Field of Dreams will drive economic and social progress."
The First Year
Having helped inaugurate the Field of Dreams in 2023, four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome returned 12 months later to assess the impact it has had on the local community.
He says: “We didn’t just deliver the pump track and race track; the community is ensuring they are put to good use. To see how many kids are involved in the project, and how many coaches we’ve got coming here as well, is amazing. There’s a whole ecosystem around it now.”
Further Progress
In September 2025, the eyes of the cycling world were on Rwanda, as the country became the first African host of the UCI Road World Championships.
To coincide with the championships, we opened a brand-new facility at the Field of Dreams featuring classrooms, indoor training room, changing facilities, showers, and equipment storage.
An emerging generation
The youth flocking to the center, receiving bikes, and training on its facilities are developing faster than anyone imagined.
Take Kevin Iradukunda. At just 14 years old, he is already winning national-level races and is considered one of the top riders in his age group.
Or Emelyne Kanyange. The 17-year-old from a nearby village first visited the center a year after it opened. Her talent quickly became evident. She joined the women’s team and is now considered the best junior female rider in the country.
Next up: Brazil
Following the remarkable success of the project in Rwanda, NSN Cycling Team, Brainvest and Innova AATB, unveiled Racing for Change Brazil in April 2026.
Brainvest Wealth Management founder Dany Roizman, who is the leading force of the RFC Brazil project, says: “Brazil has always had extraordinary raw talent in sport. What has often been missing is a clear pathway. With Racing for Change Brazil, we are committed to helping build that bridge – from potential to performance, and from dreams to professional reality.”