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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 planet. The football is unrecognizable from the hurried chatter and enthusiasm that kicked up the unbreathable dirt in the blazing heat...
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, Sweden; and the first days of tryouts back in refugee camp Djabal in eastern Chad in 2012. Through it all, Coach Mark Hodson has...
The Darfur United “Hospital”
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. There was certainly something special about “the Hospital.” That’s what the players of Darfur United called my hotel room: “the...
2017 Darfur United Men’s Soccer Training Camp in Östersund, Sweden
The annual Darfur United Men’s Team training camp is here! Starting Sunday, July 9, players from Darfur, Sudan will gather in Ostersund, Sweden for 10 days of training, agility, strengthening, and fitness. The 2017 Östersund Training Camp will also include three...
International Human Rights Day Commemoration Darfur United vs. Matabeleland Select
Following the success of CONIFA’s charity football match in Tottenham on April 9, 2017, during which CONIFA and the World Health Organization advocated to spread awareness and spur action to help end the horrible drought in Somalia, CONIFA has planned its next...
Official Partnership between ÖFK and Darfur United: The Zero Point One Initiative
Östersund FK (ÖFK), a professional Swedish football club located in Östersund, Sweden, has officially partnered with Darfur United (DU). ÖFK players and staff members have promised to donate a percentage of their salaries to iACT through the Zero Point One campaign,...
Building Soccer Skills, Peace, and Gender Equality
Here’s an update from refugee camp Goz Amer on the Refugees United Soccer Academy (the Honolulu Galaxy FC Sister Club!).
2016 Training Camp Recap
After a week in Östersund, Darfur United ended its 2016 training camp with a plethora of successful accomplishments on and off the field.
Soccer Academy for Central African Republic Refugees Expands!
This blog was originally posted on iactivism.org. iACT is beyond proud to share that the Refugees United Soccer Academy - Central African Republic, located in a refugee site in Cameroon, is growing! This week, they registered another 46 boys and girls to reach a total...