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What does if feel like to be the first women to ever play soccer in your community? It’s the question I’ve been eager to ask our group of...

Saturday was our first day visiting camp Bredjing. It’s an almost hour-long drive through bumpy terrain, interrupted a few times by wide...

Not a sandstorm, fasting for the month of Ramadan, nor the heat could deter our exceptional group of male and female candidates from...

During a soccer dribbling exercise, I ask the men and women candidates to give each other high-fives, to be encouraging and to cheer for...

First, the sky is a relaxing blue with some beautiful clouds hovering nearby: Then, it starts looking dustier: Until it begins looking...

We began coach training and selection at refugee camp Farchana. We will soon launch the Refugees United Soccer Academy! It was fun and...

The first time I played soccer in a refugee camp was back in 2005, during what was going to be my only trip to the Chad-Sudan border. It...

Welcome to Little Ripples! We are at one of the camp Djabal Ponds (Little Ripples in-home preschool centers) today. Let’s take a peek at...

(Note: Names have been changed to protect identities.) “My son comes to see me and says, ‘Mother, I see you have to give away our money...

Doesn’t this food look mouth-watering? This was one of the meals served at a Little Ripples Pond in camp Djabal, eastern Chad. The two...

Today was our second visit to refugee camp Djabal in eastern Chad, and the first day of Little Ripples Teacher Training II for camp...

ABCs and Food for Darfur will inspire local action and address food insecurity for refugees May 25, 2017 – CULVER CITY, CA – DIRTT...

It’s been a long, long day. It actually started more than two days ago. We left Los Angeles loaded with duffle bags full of soccer...

The model and approach of our early childhood education program, Little Ripples, is based on partnering with and empowering refugees to...

Little Ripples have started to spread through another Darfuri refugee camp. Today, we celebrated the opening of a new Little Ripples Pond...

Water, sanitation and hygiene—referred to as WASH by the humanitarian sector. Due to their interdependent nature, these three core issues...

After eleven straight days of visiting and working in refugee camps, we have only two more to go. I am tired from the marathon of...

Leadership is more than status or title. Leadership is the way someone behaves, treats others, and the decisions he or she makes. This...

What can I teach them about peace, helping, and sharing? As I’m sitting in a training with twenty-nine Darfuri refugee women, I am hit...