Kick for Peace: Bringing Hope Through Soccer
About Us
Bringing Hope Through the Power of Soccer
We are a soccer-loving, soccer-obsessed family of four from New Jersey, who want to give back to less fortunate children in refugee camps around the world through the sport we love. Soccer has been in our lives since we were old enough to walk. For as long as we can remember, our feet were stuck to a soccer ball. We play soccer for a club team nearly everyday of our lives all year long. To say that soccer plays an important role in our lives would be the understatement of the year!
Soccer has shaped who we are and it has taught us so many valuable skills and life lessons that we will take with us long after we are done playing soccer. It has taught us discipline, tenacity, teamwork, patience, communication, and it has also taught us how to accept defeat and failure. Most of all, soccer has given us great joy, happiness and a lifetime of memories that we will cherish forever.
Our Mission
Our Mission
Kick for Peace is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide soccer balls to children and youth in various refugee camps around the world. We seek to use soccer as a tool to bring joy, hope and a measure of normalcy to children and youth who have been forcibly displaced from their homes as a result of conflict, violence or natural disasters.
Refugees/Refugee Camps:
Today, the number of people forced to flee from their homes in search of safer locations due to conflict, violence, natural disasters, poverty, etc.
Children/Youth in Refugee Camps:
Over half of the world’s refugees are children, who may spend their entire childhoods away from home, sometimes separated from their families
Purpose of Kick for Peace:
Children in refugee camps have fled traumatic or life threatening situations at home and often face unimaginable challenges at refugee camps
Sources of Soccer Balls and Delivery Method:
All soccer balls (new or used) to be sent to refugee camps will be donated by various sources/sponsors. We hope to solicit balls from the following sources. We hope they become long lasting partners/sponsors in our endeavor:
