FUNDaFIELD
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COVID UPDATE 2020: We continue to raise funds to construct our next soccer field in Zone 7 in the Palabek Refugee Settlement. Additionally, we will construct netball and volleyball courts. Zone 7 will have it's own bore hole. We look forward to safely beginning construction in 2021!
IN 2017, FUNDaFIELD BEGAN WORKING IN NORTHERN UGANDA AT THE PALABEK REFUGEE SETTLEMENTll
In the first six months of 2017, over 296,409 South Sudanese citizens fled to Northern Uganda.
In April, 2017 the United Nations and the Office of the Prime Minister opened a new refugee settlement in Palabek, Uganda.
More than 86 percent of the new arrivals in the camp are women and children, many of whom have had their families ripped apart by violence.
FUNDaFIELD visited the new settlement in 2017 and applied to construct soccer fields in camp zones 1 & 7. The application was immediately approved by the OPM and the UNHCR who believe sport will be a fundamental piece of the reintegration process.
The FUNDaFIELD team believes these two fields to be our most critical projects to date. No group of children needs the healing power of play and sport more than those forced to flee unspeakable violence.
In June of 2018 FUNDaFIELD held a soccer tournament to open our first soccer field in Zone 1.
On June 7 & 8th, 2019 FUNDaFIELD held it's second soccer tournament to open the field in Zone 7.
The tournament was a huge success and our largest tournament to date.
On June 7 & 8th, 2019 FUNDaFIELD held it's second soccer tournament to open the field in Zone 7.
The tournament was a huge success and our largest tournament to date.
As each field is completed we further realize how many more kids deserve the chance to play. We appreciate and we need your help. It might sound like a cliche, but every dollar is potentially life-changing for the some of the most deserving children on the planet. Thank you for caring and sharing.
Now in 2020, we are fundraising to begin construction on our next field in Zone 5. We appreciate your support throughout this difficult year and hope you and your family stay safe.
