PRESS RELEASES
The First-ever Soccer Team for Darfuri Refugee Women to be Created Fall 2018
Los Angeles, California, USA / Refugee Camp Djabal, Goz Beida, Chad - This coming fall in eastern Chad, iACT will organize the first-ever Darfur United Women’s Team (DUWT), an all-refugee soccer team representing Darfur, Sudan, and the women who tirelessly hold the...
read moreThe Darfur United Men’s Soccer Team will be holding tryouts in Los Angeles on July 28-29, 2018
The Darfur United Men’s Soccer Team will be holding tryouts in Los Angeles on July 28-29, 2018. Experienced and skilled Darfuri soccer players, born in Darfur, Sudan, or elsewhere to Darfuri parents, are welcome to participate. The two-day tryouts will be an...
read more2017 Darfur United Men’s Soccer Training Camp Östersund, Sweden
Who - The Darfur United Men’s Team (DU) is an all-refugee soccer team, originally formed from twelve refugee camps in eastern Chad. These camps currently host over 360,000 displaced people from Darfur. There will be new players trying out for the team at this year’s...
read moreInternational 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 draught in Somalia, CONIFA has planned its next...
read moreOfficial 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,...
read moreDarfur United to Play in Inaugural World Unity Cup, 25-29 August 2016
Download a pdf version of this press release for the US or the UK. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Katie-Jay Scott ktj@iactivism.org +1 310 738 0285 Celebrating the joy of bringing people together through the most beautiful of games: football HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA...
read moreInaugural World Unity Cup, August 25-29, 2016
Download this press release here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Katie-Jay Scott ktj@iactivism.org +1 310 738 0285 Celebrating the joy of bringing people together through the most beautiful of games: football. London, England: Announcing the first-ever World Unity...
read moreDarfur United Set to Launch 3rd Soccer Academy for Darfuri Refugees
Media Contact: Jayson Repko 310-694-1121 JaysonRepko@gmail.com 10/2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES - Darfur United Soccer Academy, (DUSA) the first comprehensive sports program for Darfuri girls and boys in the refugee camps along the Chad-Sudan border, of...
read morei-ACT Receives Beyond Sport Barclays Sport for Social Inclusion Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Download the pdf of this Press Release here. Contact: Sara-Christine Dallain, scd@iactivism.org, 805/637.6876, i-ACT Director of Programs LOS ANGELES, November 3, 2014 – The Darfur United Soccer Academy was announced winner of Beyond Sport’s 2014...
read moreBEYOND SPORT AWARD WINNERS UNVEILED IN JOHANNESBURG
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2014 The winners of the Beyond Sport Awards 2014, supported by Sport Relief, have been announced at this year’s global Summit in Johannesburg, as the three-day event comes to a close. Supported by Sport Relief,...
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