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More Than a Game: How Soccer Built Community for Refugees | The Human Impact
In this episode of The Human Impact, host Nichole Carragher explores how soccer serves as a powerful vehicle for community integration and healing for refugees. The story centers on Amara, a refugee who arrives in a new city carrying the heavy silence of displacement and loss. Initially observing from the sidelines, she finds her voice and belonging not through formal integration programs, but through the universal language of sport. This narrative illustrates how shared physical activity can bypass linguistic barriers, fostering trust, dignity, and genuine human connection among people from…
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