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[ Soccer Kit ]
$250
Sports bring communities together in a time-honored show of support and solidarity. In most of the world, soccer is the sport of choice, played on countless village playgrounds and fields. Mercy Corps uses sports like soccer to engage youth and get them to participate in civic activities through competition. Tournaments in troubled countries like Iraq and Sudan have brought young people together for the first time in years. Mercy Corps has observed that the spirit of sports can help engage entire neighborhoods and contribute to lasting, peaceful change. Your purchase of a Soccer Kit helps send the equipment — balls, nets and uniforms — that fuels the spirit of friendly competition. When you buy a Mercy Kit, we will deliver a beautiful, full-color card to your recipient by regular mail or email — you choose. This card describes in detail how your gift is supporting Mercy Corps' work around the world. A Mercy Kit is a caring, convenient way to share your commitment with a friend or loved one. Why Your Help is NeededSports, when available, can bring communities together. In most of the world, soccer is the sport of choice, played on countless village playgrounds and fields. Yet in poor and strife-torn regions, young people lack even the most basic equipment and organization to form teams. Your Mercy Kits at WorkMercy Corps uses sports like soccer to get youth involved in positive civic activities. We help build soccer fields and provide uniforms and other equipment so young people can hold the practices, drills, tournaments and competitions that create camaraderie, friendly rivalries and team spirit. The results can be astounding: tournaments in troubled countries like Iraq and Sudan have brought young people together for the first time in years. The spirit of sports can engage entire neighborhoods and contribute to lasting, peaceful change.
 [ Sala's Story]
Most of the kids on the dusty playground here at the Hassa Hissa displacement camp have seen their family members killed, their homes burned and their young lives completely disrupted over the last few years. But childhood appears fully intact as they chant to visitors, jump rope, chase soccer balls, and compete for the attention of Sala Zakaria Ali, the authority figure at one of this huge displacement camp's Child-Friendly Spaces. "When these children first arrived to the camp, they didn't know left from right," says Sala, a student in his early twenties who spends hours a day here watching the kids. "They were confused and scared and didn't know what to do with themselves." Displacement camps like Hassa Hissa rarely include the safe, supervised common areas and organized activities for children. Mercy Corps saw — and addressed — an overwhelming need for a secure place for their play and extracurricular education. So the agency partnered with local officials to set aside land for 24 Child-Friendly Spaces in two camps, to construct the play areas and to train more than 70 young adults to supervise the areas. "I love children, and I want to nurture these kids; lots of them are from my village," says Sala. His studies have been delayed by the violence in Darfur, but he plans to spend his career working with kids, most likely as a teacher. "It has been amazing to see the change in the kids' behavior over time," Sala says. "They are more comfortable with themselves and with each other, and it's clear that they are happier than they were." |
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