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KLABU means 'club' in Swahili.
We power sports with refugees. Building sports clubs where they are rebuilding their lives. Raising funds by selling high-quality sportswear.
"KLABU is a place for everyone, young and old, men and women. When we wear our club shirt, we feel the Kalobeyei Spirit."
KLABU wants to have long-term impact. That’s why we developed a sustainable business model selling high-quality sportswear.
Our goal is to set up 10 clubs in the next 5 years,
powering sports for 100,000 young refugees around the world.
Today, there are 25.4 million refugees across the globe: men, women and children forced to flee their countries due to war or persecution. This is a record high since World War II. More than half of these refugees are under 18 years old, and many spend their entire youth living in difficult conditions in refugee camps, where their days are long and there is little to do.
We want to help them rebuild their lives through sports. So they can cope and connect on their way to a better future.
The very first KLABU collection represents the sports club in the Kalobeyei Settlement in northern Kenya. South Sudanese, Congolese, Kenyans, refugees, locals, men and women. They love to win and hate to lose. The 8,000 members come to the club to play sports and games, catch up with old friends and make new ones.
Read more about Kalobeyei and our ambition to build many more KLABU sports clubs around the world.
meet the club members
Emile
27, from Burundi
meet the club members
Nancy
20, from South Sudan
meet the club members
Lilian
25, from Ethiopia
ABOUT KLABU FOUNDATION
KLABU was founded by young people in Amsterdam and Kenya. We want to help as many young refugees as possible get onto the playing field and start rebuilding their lives.
We are a non-profit with a scalable business model, led by a small, dedicated team and supported by a group of great partners and advisors. We are looking for new partners (funding / strategic) to grow our organisation and our impact. Interested? Please get in touch.
Read more
ABOUT KLABU FOUNDATION
KLABU was founded by young people in Amsterdam and Kenya. We want to help as many young refugees as possible get onto the playing field and start rebuilding their lives.
We are a non-profit with a scalable business model, led by a small, dedicated team and supported by a group of great partners and advisors. We are looking for new partners (funding / strategic) to grow our organisation and our impact. Interested? Please get in touch.
Read more