On the Darfur United Menu

On the Darfur United Menu

by | Jun 4, 2012

Apples, bananas, grapes, melons, oranges—there’s just all kinds of fruits at the buffet. There is also all kinds of meats, salads,and breads. Then there are the sweets—cakes, pies, and many types of pastries. Adam tells me that these boys have never seen or...
From Tent to Five-Star

From Tent to Five-Star

by | 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...

Gateway to Chad

by | May 25, 2012

We’ve landed in N’Djamena, Chad. We met with UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Head of the Country, Aminata to discuss Darfur United and it’s future in the refugee camps. Surprisingly, in one day we were able to get our travel and video permits. Soon...

Darfur United Training Video

by | 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...

Meet the Coaches

by | Feb 27, 2012

Mark Hodson and Paul Revill are traveling to the refugee camps in eastern Chad to hold tryouts for the first Darfur United soccer squad. In this video, they discuss their plan for building the team, expectations and why soccer has such universal appeal.