NEWS & EVENTS

iACT's First Soccer Coach: Meet Ramadan Abdullah Abakar

Ramadan shares his story of living as a refugee in Chad for 20 years, meeting iACT, and what it meant to be a coach and community leader.

With the Help of South Bay Supporters, a Soccer Team in Darfur Takes the World Stage with Life-chang

From his very first visit to a refugee camp, Gabriel saw the potential for soccer to help people heal from their monstrous trauma.

The Darfur United Men’s Soccer Team will be holding tryouts in Los Angeles on July 28-29, 2018

There will be a 2-day tryout opportunity for Darfur United Men's Soccer Team in LA this July.

On the Road, Shaking and Thinking

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...

Family

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...

Intern Spotlight: Julia Nuttall-Smith

Hi, my name is Julia and I have had the amazing opportunity to intern for iACT the past two summers. I live in Hermosa Beach, California,...

Darfur United is Hope

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

They play for Darfur.

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...

iACT Intern Spotlight: Liam Cook

Hi! My name is Liam Cook and I am 17 years old and a student at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, CA. I have been volunteering...

It’s About Pride.

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

The Darfur United “Hospital”

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