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Deafness is no obstacle for refugee team in Dadaab

By On August 10, 2012 · 1 Comment

All the members of this soccer team have limited or no hearing, but that has not stopped them playing well and entering a special tournament.

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Benfica and UNHCR score for needy in Mali and Kenya refugee camp

By On August 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment

In the spirit of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, top Portuguese soccer team Benfica and the UNHCR collaborated in hopes of raising funds for displaced people in Kenya and Mali. An exhibition soccer match was scheduled on July 19, 2012 to achieve this effort. The current roster of Beefica faced off against a roster [...]

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Somali Refugees Learn to Live Together in New Tented Town Rising in Kenya

By On September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

In the new Ifo extension of the Dadaab refugee complex, a community is being created. Water, schools, and pickup soccer games bring together those who lost everything.

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Soccer Tournament Unites African Diaspora over Sport, Social Good

By On September 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment

UN Refugee Agency and Vuvuzela Foundation bring attention to the ongoing famine in Somalia and throughout east Africa during Los Angeles soccer tournament.

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