CHEERing Afghanistan funder the Linda Norgrove Foundation has featured our work with mothers and children in Herat in their latest newsletter. Check out the article below! Read the full newsletter here. Thanks to the dedication of our Afghan team members in Greece, our colleagues in Afghanistan, and funding from the Linda Norgrove Foundation, CHEERing’s program to…

Woolly wonders from Germany! CHEERing received a special delivery from children at Johannes Kepler Gymnasium (Kepler High School) in Reutlingen, Germany. The school sent 413 hand-knit hats, scarves, socks, and gloves for refugee families – packed with love and chocolate. We distributed the delivery during our football trainings and Grow Clinics at Malakasa and Thiva…

Three CHEERing Football Club coaches have received fully-funded scholarships from the England Football Association on the FA’s Introduction to Coaching Football course. The course combines weekly webinars, e-learning modules, community support, and other resources to help sharpen their coaching skills. CHEERing coaches Feraydon, Shir, and Davood have already passed the FA’s Introduction to First-Aid and…

CHEERing presented this year at the American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting & Expo, a conference attracting more than 12,000 public health professionals!  Our platform presentation ‘Assessing Oral Health and Coordinating Care Among Refugee Populations in Athens, Greece’ shared findings on dental health and interventions among refugees in the Barça Foundation SportNet program in Athens, Greece, funded by the Barça Foundation. The NGO Seeds of…

CHEERing has been accredited with the European Solidarity Corps Quality Label! This certifies that CHEERing can provide activities in compliance with the principles, objectives, and quality standards of the European Solidarity Corps. The Quality Label means CHEERing can participate in European Solidarity Corps opportunities, including the European Voluntary Service (EVS) program, funded by the EU….

Following the lead of our funders at the Barca Foundation, CHEERing is expanding our sporting activities beyond football. CHEERleading is a natural, especially with an experienced cheerleading coach on board! Willow holds a level 1&2 cheerleading coaching qualification and previously coached a team of 40 girls while studying at the University of Liverpool. She personally…

Seashells. Sandcastles. Even mermaids! On Friday, the CHEERing team took a special trip to the beach with the refugee children and teenagers we work with. Together we played in the sand, splashed in the waves, and soaked up the sun. The day served as a carefree break from the daily reality of refugee camp life,…

CHEERing recently hosted our funders The Barça Foundation for a site visit, with managing director Marta Segu being able to meet our team and SportNet participants in person. The Foundation included many images from our program in their special release to publicize World Refugee Day on June 20th, 2023. Additionally, several articles were published about…

The Barca Foundation and UNICEF have just published a study on the mental health of adolescent refugees and the impact of a Sport for Development (S4D) program on psychological well-being. CHEERing helped to implement the study in Athens in 2022, by bringing young players to the table to share their views on sport and psychological…

CHEERing Fellow Mariah Banks participated in Boston University Center on Forced Displacement’s (CFD) first-ever annual conference on Tuesday! Mariah presented initial results from ‘Health on the Fly,’ a CHEERing project funded by the CFD to research health needs, barriers, and perceptions of health interventions among refugees. Check out the poster here. “As a graduate student…