NEWS & EVENTS

"We want the world to know that we are refugees united across camps and countries."

Taking time for a refresher training with our coaches in Refugee Camp Nduta in Tanzania.

Last week, Stanislas, Ghislaine, Haron, and Rachidatou, the four Refugees United Soccer Academy coaches in refugee camp Gado in eastern...

The first day of training camp with the Darfur United Women’s Team felt peacefully familiar. We arrived early in the morning to see the...

We were all tired. Amy and I traveled for four days to get to refugee camp Djabal from Los Angeles. Some of the men and women that...

The term conflict resolution typically conjures up images of United Nations peacekeeping efforts, diplomacy, and mediation. Conflict...

Trusting refugees to lead, experiment, and problem solve is not a radical idea. It's common sense.

Meet our new youth soccer coaches in Nduta Refugee Camp in Tanzania.

The game of football is powerful in and of itself. It can be transformational.

I’d like to introduce the newest coaches of the Refugees United Soccer Academy! These four women and men hail from Darfuri camp Iridimi,...

When I woke up about an hour before my alarm went off today, I can’t say I was particularly surprised. It happens every time I am more...

Part of a three-part blog series by iACT Chief Operating Officer Katie-Jay Scott on the power of empathy to address trauma and empower...

To say the team has improved on the field is maybe one of the greater underestimations I may have made in my almost-40 years on this...

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...

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...

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...

Today was our second visit to refugee camp Djabal in eastern Chad, and the first day of Little Ripples Teacher Training II for camp...