NEWS AND UPDATES
Meet the Camp Mile Coaches
A beautiful, celebratory day! The newest Darfur United Soccer Academy (DUSA) coaches for refugee camp Mile have been selected and they are a strong team. Athletic, focused, hilarious, and collectively wise; it was obvious by the end of our day that these four...
Camp Kounoungou
Kounoungou is the first refugee camp I ever visited, back in 2005. I've been here again a few times since. It is bigger each visit. To all of the children that have been born here, Darfur is barely a mirage—something their parents tell stories and teachers sing songs...
Water breaks are selfie breaks
We are just days away from the launch of the fourth Darfur United Soccer Academy (DUSA) along the Chad-Sudan border. This week we’re in refugee camp Mile where the conditions are harsh and the sun is scorching. We started DUSA coach tryouts with around 35 eager men...
A Magical Space for Kicks and Hope
Darfur United Soccer Academy - Peace, Kicks, and Hope from i-ACT on Vimeo. After launching a project with and for the refugees in these remote camps in eastern Chad, iACT leaves. The new refugee program leaders take on the responsibility, the challenges, and the joy...
Football is Everything
“Football —to me— is everything. Football is support. Football is health. It means relationships and it means peace.” This morning I listened to these words pour out of Darfur United coach Souliman with such conviction that I had to take pause. This wasn’t the first...
We’re opening TWO new DUSAs!
During our recent trip to camp Goz Amer in November 2014, iACT opened the third-ever Darfur United Soccer Academy for refugee girls and boys ages 6-13 in the eastern Chad camps. Over the span of a couple days, Darfur United Coach Ambassador Bridget Grant led a group...
Choosing A Different Perspective
This blog was originally posted on iactivism.org. There are so many needs. At the end of our 8 hour days in the camp, I plop down in my room at the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) compound and usually sit in silence for some minutes. I let the day, the stories, the visuals,...
Living in a resourced deprived environment
Darfur United Soccer Academy (DUSA) coaches Thouhilia, Sadiya, Issag and Souliman had a challenging day at DUSA recently. DUSA in Goz Amer is certainly not lacking participants, but with an abundance of children playing and watching each day in the first week of it’s...
Rapinoe Soccer Camp Coming to Los Angeles, Jan 27
iACT and Darfur United are proud to partner with Rachael and Megan Rapinoe for their 1st Los Angeles camp. The Wednesday, January 27 camp is co-hosted by iACT and Beach FC, where Darfur United Coach Ambassador Mark Hodson is the Director of Youth Development. Register...