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Welcome to Sports Without Borders
Sports Without Borders is a not for profit organisation which is dedicated to providing support for young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds who are involved or want to get involved in sport.
Sport has played a vital role in multicultural Australia, empowering many newly-arrived Australians to develop an identity and sense of active belonging. Sports Without Borders will foster this process by providing funding and services to young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
To see the kinds of projects we have supported, please visit the Projects page of the website
James Demetriou, Chair of SWB, presents Akon Mawien and Ring Mawien cheques to help them pay their football registration fees at the launch of the partnership announced between the AFL Community Foundation and SWB in September, 2007.
Featured Hero Story
Bachar Houli
In his first year at Spotswood, Houli had been his team's best-and-fairest player, won the league's best and fairest and kicked more goals than anyone. All without telling his parents he had started to play football.
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