Harsham Football Pitch Project

Mosaic Middle East restored this football pitch for the Harsham Internally Displaced People’s Camp in northern Iraq and provided a livelihood for Dastan, the football coach. The team completed the restoration in 2019, in partnership with the Barzani Charity Foundation. The Football Project benefits over 250 children and young adults each month.

The Project

The project restored the well-loved football pitch for use by the hundreds of families at the Harsham Camp for Internally Displaced People (refugees within their own country). The lives of these people has been torn apart by ISIS. Sport helps bring people together, across religious and ethnic divides and this pitch had been a key part of this work, until it was forced to close due to the state it was in. The children, adolescents and youth can once again practice their talents together in peace.

According to Dastan, the project reduces the risk of youth radicalisation in these camps. Read Dastan’s story and find out more about his valuable work.