by Sara-Christine | Jun 16, 2016
We’re back in refugee camp Goz Amer, eastern Chad this week. Today we were able to spend time with the Soccer Academy coaches Souliman, Sadiya, and Issag. They gave us an update of their Soccer Academy—they currently have 670 children registered! The coaches conduct...
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 Bridget Grant | Nov 17, 2015
It’s about one week before the iACT team and I set out for refugee camp Goz Amer. It will be the organization’s 22nd trip to the Chad-Sudan border, but my first. I am joining the team to help open the next Darfur United Soccer Academy, a program that trains and...
by Gabriel | Apr 24, 2015
This blog was originally posted as part of i-ACT21. Dribbling a ball across a refugee camp is a very different experience than just plain walking across it. It connects you with the camp and its inhabitants in special and unique way. Today, in what must have been 115...