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Find out the latest KLABU news and explore the powerful stories from those who use and support our clubhouses.

mbera spirit sportswear clubhouse
clubhouses•m-bera•May 20, 2025

Aly: Football Coach & Clubhouse Manager

For many of us, football is a universal language, crossing every language and border. F...

mbera spirit sportswear volleyball
clubhouses•m-bera•May 20, 2025

Mariama: Friendships & Volleyball

Meet Mariama, one of M’bera’s most committed volleyball players and an aspiring humanit...

mbera spirit sportswear running
clubhouses•m-bera•May 14, 2025

Mohamed: Always Running

In M’bera, if you see someone sprinting past you in a purple shirt, there’s a high chan...

Soumia run with us
clubhouses•amsterdam•January 16, 2025

Join the KLABU Run Club!

Every Saturday morning coach Soumia leads our run, guiding and motivating us every step...

Volleyball celebrations
clubhouses•boa-vista•July 16, 2024

How A Ball Unites Us All

Sports championships in Boa Vista, Brazil, are helping to build bridges between Venezue...

Smiling Run Girls
clubhouses•kalobeyei•June 11, 2024

Freeing Feet: Nyagoa’s Girls’ Running Club

Come along for a few kilometres with an inspiring leader and her weekly club of young f...

John front page
clubhouses•lesvos•June 7, 2024

John: Hope Makes Me Live

Meet John who has found camaraderie and purpose through Lesvos Spirit.

Tamana female group
clubhouses•lesvos•June 5, 2024

Tamana: Fitness For Freedom

The empowering story of an Afghan woman working hard to uplift the sisterhood she has b...

Akbar training
clubhouses•lesvos•June 1, 2024

Akbar: Finding Greatness Within

Meet Akbar, a boxer who fights to stay strong through his experience.

eL Seed, 'Always, Always'
clubhouses•lesvos•May 29, 2024

KLABU x eL Seed: Passing Through Fire

Announcing an exclusive collaboration with contemporary artist eL Seed - read on for mo...

Mbappe celebration by Shohail
clubhouses•cox-s-bazar•May 16, 2024

The biggest little keeper of Cox’s Bazar

Meet the safe hands of young Rohingya footballer Shohail.

Señor Hermes: commentator of Boa Vista
clubhouses•boa-vista•April 12, 2024

Señor Hermes: The Voice of Tuaranoko

Meet Señor Hermes, the clubhouse commentator for Boa Vista.

KLABU clubhouse Brazil Boa Vista Acnur AVSI
clubhouses•boa-vista•March 26, 2024

Welcoming the Boa Vista Spirit

The newest KLABU clubhouse has launched in Boa Vista, Brazil, bringing access to sport ...

Friends hugging Ter Apel
clubhouses•ter-apel•January 26, 2024

The power of music and television in Ter Apel

In Ter Apel, young people come together at the KLABU clubhouse to watch live sports or ...

KLABU Kalobeyei Spirit
clubhouses•kalobeyei•January 24, 2024

Inside the Kalobeyei Girls' football tournament

It's not only at the Africa Cup of Nations that stars are shining on the pitch right no...

KLABU Paris Saint-Germain Sportswear
clubhouses•cox-s-bazar•November 27, 2023

KLABU x PSG Cox's Bazar Spirit shirt launch

Discover the story behind this very special shirt linked to our sports club in the Cox’...

Lillian Ochan Centred
clubhouses•kalobeyei•October 13, 2023

Fearless and unapologetic: meet Lillian

Meet Lilian whose dream is to break down the stereotypes that exist around refugees and...

KLABU sportswear
clubhouses•kalobeyei•September 12, 2023

The Music Scene in Kalobeyei

“When I sing, I feel free.” Ismail from Kalobeyei created the very first KLABU music vi...

Onyekachi KLABU 11teamsports teamwear shoot
clubhouses•ter-apel•September 10, 2023

Onyekachi gives refugees football training at KLABU in Ter Apel

"Being with KLABU is like having a family away from home."

Dance KLABU
clubhouses•amsterdam•August 31, 2023

Katie dances to unite

Picture this: a sunny afternoon in the park, upbeat rhythms fill the air, smiles everyw...

KLABU Member
clubhouses•amsterdam•June 30, 2023

Mo: pillar of the Amsterdam community

"I want to change the narrative of asylum-seekers being labelled as liabilities instead...

KLABU team Ter Apel
clubhouses•ter-apel•June 15, 2023

Brightening up the sports court in Ter Apel

A colourful new clubhouse needs a colourful new sports court. Behind the scenes with th...

Created with TCHAI
clubhouses•amsterdam•April 20, 2023

Welcome to our new Amsterdam home

We're proud to finally present to you something that's been a long time coming... toget...

KLABU Yoga & Sport With Refugees
clubhouses•lesvos•February 1, 2023

Meet our friends at Yoga & Sport With Refugees

From providing a space for professional Muay Thai fighters to helping women overcome th...

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
clubhouses•cox-s-bazar•October 14, 2022

Meet Hares who dreams of Mbappé

“The Club Centre is my favourite place” were Hares’ words after he finished training at...

KLABU 433 Kalobeyei Spirit
clubhouses•kalobeyei•September 1, 2022

The New Neymar Jr from South Sudan

Most of you have heard of Neymar, right!? But have you heard of Mike “Neymar Jr.” , the...

KLABU
clubhouses•lesvos•August 10, 2022

Ahmed: basketball, art and karate enthusiast

In 2021, Ahmed from Egypt arrived in Lesvos across the sea. Entering Greece was difficu...

KLABU Ter Apel Spirit
clubhouses•ter-apel•July 13, 2022

Yaman's life goal is to help people

Yaman is a star of KLABU. Ever since she was a teenager in Syria, her life goal was to ...

KLABU Amsterdam Team
clubhouses•amsterdam•March 16, 2022

Atia = KLABU and KLABU = Atia

For many Amsterdammers, KLABU = Atia and Atia = KLABU. That’s because since 2019, Atia ...

Girls
clubhouses•cox-s-bazar•February 10, 2022

Cox's Bazar champions

This girl's team, from Bhalukia Palong High School, lifted their first football trophy ...

KLABU Kalobeyei
clubhouses•kalobeyei•September 11, 2019

Meet basketball star Emile

In Burundi, Emile played in the 1st division of the Burundi National Basketball League....

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