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Kwayes

by James | Apr 7, 2012

آﻮیﺲ (kwayes) is Arabic for good. The word was heard with greater frequency as training progressed. Here’s a short video of one of the dozens of drills run over the past week. Within each one, I could see the players improve and gain confidence in real time. It...

10 Things I Learned from Darfur United and their Refugee Community

by Gabriel | Apr 5, 2012

(in no particular order) 1. When surrounded by a crowd of hundreds of kids, if you take the time to look into the eyes of one, everything appears to calm down. 2. Sometimes you have to take one for the team and lead from behind. (Issa) 3. Humbleness and pride can go...

A True Sacrifice

by Brian Cleveland | Apr 4, 2012

We have our final team meeting with the Darfur United team tomorrow morning before we catch a flight back to N’Djamena and leave the players with the job to train themselves using the schedule Coach Mark leaves behind for the next eight weeks leading up to the...

Darfur United… “Probably the best refugee team in the World!”

by Mark Hodson | Apr 4, 2012

The team arrives every morning at “around” 5.30am. Darfuri time is not exact, if you are within 30 minutes either side, you are in good shape….though it’s usually only one side of the allotted time that things happen here! I have tried to introduce routine to the...

Children of the Camp

by Brian Cleveland | Apr 4, 2012

I haven’t said much about one of the major characters of the camp. The children. More so during the afternoon session, children are surrounding us the moment our vehicle arrives. They fill the windows of the community center where we hold our team meetings. They...