Children&Youth Sport in Palestinian Refugee Camps

Children and young people living in the Palestinian camps in Lebanon are becoming more and more interested in the Jafra football teams. Jafra continues to provide as many individuals as possible with the chance to take part in practices and games, strengthening their sense of community within the sport and preventing a lot of young people from being left on their own, making them ideal targets for negative coping techniques.

Jafra currently has seven teams spread across four different locations, but still plans to expand both the number of teams and the locations in order to serve the requirements of a huge number of young people who lack the resources to join private clubs.

Talented players on Jafra teams have recently drawn the attention of national Lebanese football clubs. A teenage Jafra player has already been signed by the renowned Beiruty Nejmeh Club to play and receive training.

Only because of your kind donations are the individual and group accomplishments of Jafra teams and members possible. We are appreciative of the chances provided to the refugees residing in the Palestinian camps in Lebanon.

The football and sport program is established at Jafra as a long-term project to provide opportunities for several generations of children and youth to benefit from, as children swiftly turn into youth and young into adults. Due to the scarcity of free or inexpensive sport activities for children and youngsters in Lebanon, Jafra teams are aware that they cannot stop offering these kinds of activities.

Football practices are being held in two more locations, and a greater number of adolescents and children are expressing interest in joining the teams. Jafra thus lacks the finances to provide each child participant with a costume and pair of shoes. Your increased contributions would fill that gap and enable Jafra to hire football fields and the coaches' services more frequently.

As teams strengthen and stabilize, medals and cups arrive at Jafra's facilities, making the participants, coaches, and Jafra administrative teams incredibly happy and optimistic about the project's future growth.

Teams as well receive awareness workshops and instruction on first aid techniques, with a focus on sports injuries, in addition to their physical training. This is the result of productive collaboration with the palestinian camp's health and civil defense organizations.