Our second annual month-long soccer camp for Syrian boys came to an end on August 6th. Overall we had about 40 different boys attend. The boy’s coach, a Syrian refugee newcomer himself, has continued faithfully teaching and coaching the boys. David continued initiating discussions and sharing stories on various themes around the topic “All things are possible”. On Saturdays we invited the boys families to join us for family picnics together.

On Sunday, June 30th our Syrian Wellness Initiative team honored 6 amazing Syrian refugees who have thrived since coming to the United States.  Watch here and learn more about the initiative here!

In October 2018 Bridge Builders Network facilitated a Building Bridges group visit to the Kurdish Islamic Center in El Cajon. The group was warmly welcomed by Imam Amir and those attending the Friday Arabic service. The mosque also provides services in Kurdish. Imam Amir told us that he wants to some day merge the services in to one language, English.

We hosted a month long soccer camp in July for Syrian refugee teens. Most of these boys have been in the USA for less than two years. They are facing many challenges in adjusting to a new language and very different culture,  Check out this short video that one of our church sponsors made that highlights why it was important for these kids

in August, Bridge Builders Network hosted a one week English Camp for Syrian teenage boys and girls. Two of our leaders, Abbie and Enid came from Ohio and New York City to help out.  Find out what they learned about working with Syrian teens here and their thoughts as our Director David interviews them before leaving San Diego.

Mohammed Nour, moved to San Diego from Syria ____. We interviewed him after the 3 week soccer camp to see how he felt.