KLABU membership is a way of standing alongside refugees and supporting them as they rebuild their lives through sport. By contributing as little as €1 per month – and more if you can – you are helping to provide access to sport, equipment and community programmes in KLABU clubhouses around the world. As a member, you are not just supporting our work, you are becoming part of our club.

Since we launched KLABU in 2019, most of our funding has come from partnerships with companies, foundations and institutions, along with income from selling KLABU sportswear. Over time, we saw that many people wanted to support the impact we were making without necessarily buying a product or becoming a partner. 

The membership was created as a simple and accessible way for individuals to join KLABU and support access to sport, joy and hope in refugee settings. 

Every euro month by month helps provide access to sport for one person. This includes organised sports sessions and training, equipment, safe facilities and the support that is needed to keep our clubhouses running. Together, our members help ensure that thousands of people can participate in sport every week. You can read more about KLABU’s impact here. 

Once a KLABU clubhouse is established, our focus is on deepening and expanding impact in that location. Refugee settlements are often large. For example, Kalobeyei in Kenya hosts around 80,000 refugees, while our clubhouse currently reaches about 10,000 people.

To reach an additional 5,000 people, we budget around €60,000 per year. This covers infrastructure, transport, local staff, training, safeguarding, sports equipment, community programmes and long term capacity building. This comes down to a real cost of €1 per person per month.

So through the KLABU membership we’re raising funds to expand our impact at the locations where we work. Funding to set up new clubhouses, as well as for the KLABU team and organisation, is raised through corporate partnerships, institutional support and sales of KLABU sportswear.

Yes, for sure! You can choose to multiply your impact by contributing a higher amount during sign up. Every euro you contribute gives access to sport, joy and hope for one person.

At the moment, around 50,000 people actively participate in sports and community activities through KLABU clubhouses. Our ambition is to grow that impact tenfold.

Reaching 500,000 members would make this possible and gives us a clear, shared goal to work towards. Hitting that number would also make us the world’s largest sports club by membership! Updating the Wikipedia page is obviously not the goal, but we would not mind doing it along the way :)

Yes! As a member, you will receive updates from the clubhouses, 15% discount in our shop and invites to any KLABU events. If you are visiting us in Amsterdam (or at other locations around the world), you are also welcome to join our weekly workouts. For more information, contact us at members@klabu.org.

Sign in as a member using the button in the top right corner of our website and then visit the shop. Your members discount will be applied automatically.

Absolutely, we encourage companies to join as members! Please contact us at partnerships@klabu.org and we will create a membership experience that fits your organisation and employees.

Great! When you sign up on the memberships page, just enter your details and payment information, then add your membership code at checkout. Your code will be applied automatically.

Yes! You can make a one time donation or support KLABU by purchasing an item from our shop.

You can share the message you wrote on the Members Wall. Sign in as a member via the button in the top right corner of our website and go to the Members Wall to find your message.

Some of the memberships are paid annually to minimise transaction costs. Monthly payments would increase these costs, meaning less of your contribution could go directly towards our impact.

You can manage your membership by logging into your member profile. In your profile settings, select the renewal option.

Yes. After the initial 12 months, you can adjust or cancel your membership at any time through your membership account.

Depending on your country, your contribution may be tax-deductible. We’ll provide a donation summary each year that you can use for tax purposes if applicable.

You can always contact us at members@klabu.org. We are happy to help!