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With year-round activities happening across our hubs in Nicaragua, Uganda, and the United States, there is no shortage of inspiring stories to share. Stay up to date with all of the latest news around Soccer Without Borders through our blog, newsletters, and social media.

SWB Colorado Graduate Ophi Featured By Greeley Tribune

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Jun 29, 2019

SWB Colorado Graduate Ophi Featured By Greeley Tribune

This article appeared in the Greeley Tribune on June 28, 2019. See the excerpt below and click here for the full article. Earlier this month, a recent Greeley West High School graduate became a face for a world soccer organization that serves as a bridge to refugee and immigrant youth. Naw Ophi will continue her ambassador work for Soccer Without Borders with a trip next week to the current epicenter of the soccer world, France — the site of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Fran

SWB Celebrates International Peace Day 2018

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Oct 4, 2018

SWB Celebrates International Peace Day 2018

Check out how some of our programs celebrated International Peace Day 2018! Baltimore, MD On Friday, September 21st, over 65 students gathered together to celebrate International Day of Peace through soccer stations, art activities, and friendly scrimmages! Thanks to ‘Welcoming America’ and ‘Peace One Day’, everything throughout the day challenged students to think about the small steps we can take to all be peacemakers and agents of change with our friends, families, and wit

SWB Colorado Receives LibertyGives Grant

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Sep 4, 2018

SWB Colorado Receives LibertyGives Grant

Soccer Without Borders (SWB) is proud to announce that it has received a $17,833 grant from the LibertyGives Foundation to support the SWB program in Greeley, Colorado. This will be the fourth year in a row the LibertyGives Foundation has supported Soccer Without Borders’ work in Colorado. The LibertyGives Foundation was created by Liberty Media, which owns a broad range of media, communications, and entertainment businesses to encourage corporate giving. The foundation’s goa

Soccer without Borders

Jul 9, 2018

SWB Celebrates World Refugee Day 2018

Baltimore, MD SWB Baltimore celebrated World Refugee Day by inviting all of our high school, middle school, and elementary school participants to our World Cup Soccer Camp! The camp kicked off on June 20th (World Refugee Day) and lasted 3 days. Throughout the camp, many discussions arose about unity and the importance of community. Some teams also talked about remembering the Refugee team in the Olympics and how they wished the World Cup had a refugee team. One SWB team named

Soccer without Borders

Jun 29, 2018

2018 Juggle Challenge Winners Announced

Check out all of the winning videos from the 2018 Juggle Challenge hosted by SWB Colorado! Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to the winners! 1. Greatest Team Juggle - Jessy Giordano's team 2. Most Impressive - Usai, SWB Greeley 3. Most Creative - Three Soccer Sisters 4. Most Shared Video on a Single Social Media Platform - Coach Kat and Abel, SWB Baltimore #Greeley #Baltimore #ambassadors #colorado #awards

Soccer without Borders

Jun 28, 2018

Join the Soccer Without Borders Team

At Soccer Without Borders, we use soccer as a tool for growth, inclusion, and personal success among newcomer refugee and immigrant youth and girls playing on their first-ever team. A service year at Soccer Without Borders is at the intersection of sport, education, community-building, and everyday advocacy for some of the world's most vulnerable young people. We are hiring in fellowship and service positions at four Soccer Without Borders locations for full-time and part-tim

Soccer without Borders

Jun 6, 2018

Soccer Without Borders Announces New Directors in Maryland and Colorado

MARYLAND Soccer Without Borders is excited to announce the hiring of Emily Sherman as the incoming Director of SWB Baltimore. Emily will oversee year-round programming in Baltimore City and Prince George's County that serves more than 400 refugee and immigrant youth through soccer, education, and community-based activities. Emily has been deeply committed to public service in Baltimore throughout her career, working at Baltimore City Schools and with former City Councilman Ji

Soccer without Borders

Jun 5, 2018

Join the Juggle Challenge!

We know the Soccer Without Borders Community has some amazing juggling talent. It's time to show it off. Enter SWB Colorado's Juggle Challenge! You don't have to be in Colorado to enter, just follow the instructions below to submit your entry. Did someone say prizes? #Greeley #ambassadors #WorldRefugeeDay

Soccer without Borders

Dec 21, 2017

How Do We Measure Impact?

The end of the year always marks a time of reflection, celebration, and visioning for the year ahead. One of the defining characteristics of Soccer Without Borders is our commitment to learning and adapting our model to meet new challenges, needs, and contexts. As each of our programs grow to support higher numbers of participants, provide more program offerings, and expand to new locations, so do our Monitoring & Evaluation systems. In 2017, we made significant investments i

Soccer without Borders

Dec 6, 2017

Meet ASIYA: Sport Hijabs for Girls

Cambridge, MA - Last month, girls at Soccer Without Borders programs had the opportunity to sport some new gear on the field thanks to ASIYA®. ASIYA, a modest activewear company, donated sport hijabs to participants across SWB programs and they loved the product! SWB participants enjoyed and reflected upon how the sport hijabs felt while playing: "I like the [sport] hijab because it is helpful and when I wear my normal one in games it covers my eyes and I can't see. I loved

SWB Greeley Receives Liberty Gives Grant

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Nov 10, 2017

SWB Greeley Receives Liberty Gives Grant

Soccer Without Borders (SWB) is proud to announce that it has received a $15,000 grant from the LibertyGives Foundation to support the SWB program in Greeley, Colorado. This will be the third year in a row the LibertyGives Foundation has supported the SWB Greeley program. During the 2017-18 school year, SWB Greeley will serve 130 middle school and high school aged boys and girls. Our Greeley program engages newcomer refugee, asylee, and immigrant youth from Burma, Malaysia, S

Soccer without Borders

Nov 2, 2017

Soccer Without Borders Wins FIFA Diversity Award 2017

Cambridge, MA - The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has announced today that Soccer Without Borders is honored with 2017 FIFA Diversity Award. The FIFA Diversity Award aims to use the global platform of football to promote anti-discrimination. The award was given to Soccer Without Borders for our work using soccer as tool to bring people together, supporting immigrant and refugee youth to integrate into their new communities in the United States and a

Soccer without Borders

Oct 18, 2017

Senda Athletics and Soccer Without Borders Partner Toward A Common Goal

Cambridge, MA— Senda Athletics, a global leader in producing premium quality Fair Trade Certified soccer balls, has renewed its partnership as the “Official Game Ball” of Soccer Without Borders. Senda was started with a clear goal: disrupt the industry by embracing Fair Trade, bringing back craftsmanship, promoting joyful play, and improving lives along the way. Since its very beginning, Senda has built its B-Corps business model around “1% for the game” providing equipment a

SWB Celebrates International Day of Peace

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Oct 3, 2017

SWB Celebrates International Day of Peace

Take a look at how each SWB program celebrated International Peace Day! #Kampala #Granada #Baltimore #Boston #Greeley #Oakland

Soccer without Borders

Sep 18, 2017

SWB Release 2016 Annual Report

With #WelcomingWeek as a backdrop, we are pleased to release our 2016 Annual Report. This report celebrates 10 years of Soccer Without Borders programs, and looks at two of the major focus areas of our work in youth development and soccer for social change: supporting newcomer refugee, asylee, and immigrant youth, and advancing gender equality. In 2016, Soccer Without Borders celebrated the milestone of our first decade. Our community stretches worldwide; our participants alo

Soccer without Borders

Sep 15, 2017

Meet the Newest SWB Board Members

Soccer Without Borders is proud to announce the recent additions to our Board of Directors and National Advisory Board. Francisco Queirό joins the Board of Directors after having served on the National Advisory Board and member of the Finance Committee for one year. Prior to joining the Advisory Board, Francisco was one of SWB Boston's most consistent volunteers, coaching the U-14 boys alongside former Boston Director, Lindsey Whitford for three years while a Ph.D. student at

US Soccer Foundation Awards SWB Inaugural Impact Award

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May 1, 2017

US Soccer Foundation Awards SWB Inaugural Impact Award

CAMBRIDGE, MA– Soccer Without Borders today announced it has been awarded the 2017 Urban Soccer Symposium Impact Award from the U.S. Soccer Foundation, the national model for sports-based youth development programs in underserved communities. This award is given to Soccer Without Borders for using sport to enact measurable and sustainable positive change within an underserved community for at least five years. “There are so many great organizations doing important and creati

SWB Greeley Awarded Community Foundation Grant

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Feb 27, 2017

SWB Greeley Awarded Community Foundation Grant

Soccer Without Borders Greeley is pleased to announce a recent grant from the Community Foundation of Greeley and Weld County to host an international food festival, celebrating diversity and culture in Greeley. “The Community Foundation Serving Greeley and Weld County announced on Friday the second round of recipients for its Making Your Wish Anniversary Grant Program. As a way for the foundation to mark its 20th anniversary throughout 2017, the recipients will receive up to

Soccer without Borders

Mar 31, 2016

What Youth Refugees Really Need

This post was originally published in The Culture-Ist in March 2016 after the author, Amber Dunlap, attended a roundtable about refugee resettlement and integration hosted by SWB Colorado. Below is an excerpt and link to the full feature. In October, I wrote an article about a non-profit organization serving the growing number of refugee, asylee, and immigrant youth in Greeley, CO called Soccer Without Borders. In the couple of months since that article was published, the con

Marley Coffee Announces #1CupCares Giving Initiative Supporting SWB Greeley

Soccer without Borders

Dec 1, 2015

Marley Coffee Announces #1CupCares Giving Initiative Supporting SWB Greeley

Marley Coffee, the "sustainably grown, ethically farmed and artisan-roasted premium coffee company" just launched their holiday giving campaign, #1CupCares, donating $1 of every online order to one of three charities, including SWB Greeley! From CNN Money: "Rooted in the Marley family values of love, passion and social responsibility, #1CupCares bolsters the company’s ongoing commitment to creating positive change through coffee and highlights three organizations from around

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