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Dear Friends,
We are excited to share with you our first newsletter of 2012, with highlights from the winter months. As many youth enjoyed school vacations, SWB programming provided a safe and structured environment for learning and play. From Boston to Los Angeles, to El Salvador and Nicaragua, to Uganda and Egypt, our camps, coaches clinics, and tournaments served 600 youth, many of whom were new to SWB. Please find links below to take a closer look at each of these unique events. We look forward to continuing our efforts here in the US and around the world this spring. Thank you so much for your time, interest and support!
Sincerely,
The SWB Team
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SWB is a proud new member of the Street Football World Network
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A new video features the impact of Soccer Without Borders - Baltimore, thank you to filmmaker Jeremy Jue for his work.
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Anaheim, California, USA
The first Anaheim Winter Soccer Camp in partnership with the Tiyya Foundation was a huge hit, bringing together more than 60 refugee youth, 10 volunteer coaches, and seemingly every major media outlet in the Los Angeles area. The camp was featured on NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, CBS, Youth1, and OPride, as well as other local news sources and blogs. Check out the press release and Nightly News feature here!
Granada, Nicaragua 
SWB Granada began the new year with its fifth annual TEAM Camp for 100 girls between the ages of 7 and 19. Fifteen volunteers and eleven Nicaraguan staff members planned and led daily soccer sessions in the morning and team-building activities in the afternoon. Read more about camp and watch a highlight video of 2011.
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East Boston, Massachusetts, USA
SWB Boston officially launched in February with a one-day indoor soccer tournament called the East Boston World Cup. 120 youth between the ages of 8 and 12 participated in this day-long tournament that combined soccer and team-building activities. Visit the new page on the SWB website about the emerging East Boston program.
Santa Ana, El Salvador
 Estefan Bolaņos (SWB Granada, Nicaragua, pictured above becoming a master juggler) and Luis Palacios (SWB Solola, Guatemala) traveled to Santa Ana, El Salvador to help lead the fifth annual "Barefoot Angels" camp organized by Magicians Without Borders and ASAPROSAR. Read about the camp from Estefan's perspective.
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Cairo, Egypt
SWB Founder Ben Gucciardi and Advisory Board Member Ann Cook traveled to Cairo, Egypt where they worked in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Cairo to run a series of girls' soccer clinics and workshops. Current Egypt Mens National Team Coach and former US Mens National Team Coach Bob Bradley (pictured above) made a special appearance at the coaching workshop!
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200 youth and 18 coaches took part in the First Annual SWB Uganda Youth Festival. Activities throughout the special week ranged from soccer practices to a scavenger hunt to team-building activities and guest speakers from the community. The success of the event was highlighted on the International Platform for Sport and Development's website.
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