by Mark Hodson | Oct 26, 2016
We’ve all come a long way in terms of distance traveled as players and as human beings. I still remember with vivid clarity the time we ran a football tryout, in the unlikely, apocalyptic setting of a refugee camp in Eastern Chad. If the truth be told, I had no idea...
by Bridget Grant | Nov 22, 2015
This blog was originally posted on iactivism.org as part of iACT’s 22nd expedition to eastern Chad. We have quite literally hit the ground running in camp Goz Amer. On our first morning, we met at the Little Ripples school and began clearing our field to prep...
by Sara-Christine | Nov 22, 2015
This blog was originally posted on iactivism.org as part of iACT’s 22nd expedition to eastern Chad. “I feel like a different man…I feel like a leader.” These were the words of camp Djabal Darfur United Soccer Academy Coach Ramadan. Powerful to...
by Sara-Christine | May 9, 2015
i-ACT recently returned from our 21st trip (i-ACT21) to visit Darfur refugee camps in eastern Chad and we have some heartening and humbling updates for you! While checking in on the Darfur United Soccer Academy in camp Djabal, we had many conversations with the four...
by Sara-Christine | Apr 27, 2015
This blog post was originally posted as part of i-ACT21 Day 13 on iactivism.org. Today we visited refugee camp Djabal and spent time with Darfur United Soccer Academy (DUSA) coaches Ramadan, Leila, Adam and Habiba. This is the first camp to host a DUSA, and these four...
