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The First Women To Ever Play Soccer
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...


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


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


The Joy of Soccer
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...


Fatima and Saad
(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...


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


#WeAreDarfur: Participating
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...


#WeAreDarfur: Still Here
Darfur exploded in violence fourteen years ago. Hundreds of thousands died. Millions displaced. Government officials from around the...


#WeAreDarfur: Fatima
If you asked me to describe the spirit of Darfur, I would tell you that all you need to do is look at Fatima. She’s a veteran Little...


Hasha and Khajia
With no cover from the sun, beads of sweat immediately start to build on my forehead and chest. I am sitting cross-legged on a woven mat,...


A Day #WithRefugees
Our day of work alongside our refugee friends ended with a bumpy ride back to the walled UNHCR compound that is our home for this week....


An Extra Line of Support
“We have become famous in our community,” Souliman said, speaking of himself and the other coaches of the Refugees United Soccer Academy...


#WithRefugees, Doubling Down on Hope
I am a positive, hopeful, and optimistic person. I believe in humanity and its potential for good and beauty. As I begin my 26th trip to...


Refuge
The irony that I was coming from an Immigrants Rights March the day I met Gabriel Stauring at an educational mock refugee camp twelve...
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