by Gabriel | May 28, 2012
Sixteen young men, all refugees from Darfur now living in camps close to the Chad-Sudan border, will be traveling with us to Iraqi Kurdistan to compete in an international soccer tournament, the Viva World Cup. There’s nobody around to pinch me. Those sixteen...
by Katie-Jay | Apr 25, 2012
The 15 players and five reserves continue to practice in refugee Camp Djabal for the Viva World Cup! Here they begin their warm up with a routine taught to them by Coach Mark Hodson during his recent trip the camps in March and April 2012. If you look closely you can...
by Mark Hodson | Apr 2, 2012
…was famously quoted by the late, great Liverpool Coach Bill Shankly, although I doubt whether he had a team of refugee players from Darfur in mind when he made that proclamation…but “oh boy” was he right! Football has been very kind to me and my family....
by Gabriel | Mar 31, 2012
We started the day way too early, waking up at four. The roosters were upset because we disturbed them. We scheduled a car at five, so we could get to the camps before sunrise and then get in some good hours before the blistering heat becomes unbearable. We did not...
