NEWS & EVENTS

A week ago, I never would have believed that watermelons grew in eastern Chad. I saw the plants’ vines tangled in the sand as we drove...

The car ride from Guereda to Iriba shook me to the bones, especially the ones on my back. It was a bumpy two-hour drive through sandy and...

This is my first time in Africa, my first time in Chad, and my first time in a refugee camp. As iACT’s Office Coordinator, I’m usually...

We began our days in camps Mile and Kounoungou with meetings with some teachers and mothers, and after these meetings, we were surprised...

“For thirteen years, we lost hope. We lost generations, and we lost part of our future. Preschool education is very important because it...

The teachers tell us that children, from a very young age, play war and are violent. It’s what they’ve witnessed in their recent past....

“After there’s been an event of violence, we notice that the children create guns out of sticks and pretend to shoot their peers.”...

Fr. Joseph, a Jesuit priest and native of the Central African Republic, told us, “People are tired of war. They are so tired.” Innocent...

Today was our first day in Bangui in the Central African Republic, and much of the day consisted of learning more about the context of...

Wow. When Liam Cook and I arrived at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX, I can definitely say we were both beyond nervous. I...

You always hear people talking about trips that change their lives. To me, I never really understood what a “life-changing” trip would...

It cannot be a more stark difference. The football that Darfur United has played in the last six days at training camp in Östersund,...

Quotation marks can signal that someone is speaking, that something is a title, or that a word or phrase is being used in a special way....

What does if feel like to be the first women to ever play soccer in your community? It’s the question I’ve been eager to ask our group of...

Saturday was our first day visiting camp Bredjing. It’s an almost hour-long drive through bumpy terrain, interrupted a few times by wide...

Not a sandstorm, fasting for the month of Ramadan, nor the heat could deter our exceptional group of male and female candidates from...

During a soccer dribbling exercise, I ask the men and women candidates to give each other high-fives, to be encouraging and to cheer for...

First, the sky is a relaxing blue with some beautiful clouds hovering nearby: Then, it starts looking dustier: Until it begins looking...

We began coach training and selection at refugee camp Farchana. We will soon launch the Refugees United Soccer Academy! It was fun and...

The first time I played soccer in a refugee camp was back in 2005, during what was going to be my only trip to the Chad-Sudan border. It...