How A Texas Soccer Club Helped African Refugees Feel At Home

Umoja ni nguvu. Unity is strength. For a soccer team of African refugees, this Swahili phrase has been a powerful rallying cry. Many of the players made their way to Houston, Texas, after years spent in refugee camps, knowing very little English except for a few phrases, such as “How are you?” and “Where is the food?” Although adapting to their new lives was difficult, the players have found familiarity and friendship through their soccer team, the reVision Football Club. “They are like my brothers,” Iluta Shabani, a high school honor student who grew up in a refugee camp in Tanzania, said of his teammates.

 

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