Refugee Soccer organizes soccer teams of those who바카라™ve settled in Utah. They gather equipment and help place players on mainstream soccer clubs. (More Football News)
Refugee Soccer's Adam Miles said it plans to organise matches with Afghans who fled the country this summer. Thousands of Afghans are reportedly living on a military base near El Paso as they wait for placement in homes around the country.
Refugee Soccer organizes soccer teams of those who바카라™ve settled in Utah. They gather equipment and help place players on mainstream soccer clubs. (More Football News)
바카라śReally the mission is to bridge the gap between mainstream and refugee communities,바카라ť Executive Director Adam Miles told KSL NewsRadio.
It바카라™s Miles who is now leading a group of 10 volunteers to a military base in New Mexico after Christmas to play soccer with Afghans who fled the country this summer.
According to Miles, thousands of Afghans are living on the base near El Paso as they wait for placement in homes around the country.
Miles and his team will head there after Christmas and stay through the first of the year. 바카라śThree weeks of concentrated, intense (soccer) clinics, and getting to know these kids and building some relationships,바카라ť Miles said.
Miles says soccer allows them to build those relationships.
바카라śIt바카라™s creating that bridge between people that don바카라™t look like them, don바카라™t speak their language, and probably don바카라™t practice their religion, but are connecting over the world바카라™s sport 바카라” the beautiful game of soccer.바카라ť
The group also has another big challenge. Miles said many kids fled Afghanistan with nothing. 바카라śThey fled for their lives 바카라¦ a lot of these kids don바카라™t have shoes.바카라ť
So, Refugee Soccer is trying to collect 500 to 800 pairs of shoes and cleats for the kids to wear. They are asking for donations of new or gently used shoes or cleats. 바카라śWe have kids up to 18 so adults바카라™ sizes are definitely welcome,바카라ť he said.