Mifalot bring hope and cheer to Cameroon refugee camp

Mifalot organises sports activities in a Cameroon refugee camp for 3,000 girls and boys.

There are about 19,000 refugees living in eastern Cameroon today. 12,000 of them are children under the age of 15, many of them suffering from malnutrition and, therefore, exposed to a number of diseases. These mostly Muslim refugees ran away from the vicious civil war raging in the Central Africa Republic. 

Between December 8 – December 20, 2014 Mifalot coaches, Nir Comber and Tom Marsland visited an eastern Cameroon refugee camp in Gadu village to implement a unique Mifalot program for more than 3,000 children. The mission of the program was to bring together for the first time the local Cameroon community and the CAR refugees to play together on the football field.

Nir and Tom instructed local groups in the use of football as an educational tool to alleviate tension, resolve conflict, encourage the refugee population, maintain a healthy lifestyle, and strengthen the spirit of the refugees. Tom and Nir also sat down with coaches and local volunteers for a professional training seminar. These local community leaders will continue the activities throughout the year when Mifalot is no longer present.