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 Gabriel | Oct 24, 2016
We walk off of the plane and a nice, sharp cold hits us. This is not southern California, and it’s definitely not eastern Chad. Östersund, Sweden might be an odd place for an all-refugee team from Darfur to meet up with its coaching and management team from the...
by Sara-Christine | Feb 16, 2016
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...
by Sara-Christine | Sep 5, 2013
I recently read an article in the Huffington Post called, “How Do We Get Our Kids to Love Sports Particularly Because They Likely Won’t Be Professional Athletes?” The article discusses the ingredients of success of professional athletes and Olympians. Whether it...
