Rohingya FC

The RFC is our pilot program. The aim is to set up a functioning football club for Rohingya refugees living in Malaysia.

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The Rohingya are an ethnic group facing severe persecution and discrimination in Myanmar and in Bangladesh.

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The club is designed to give the community a focal point both physically and socially and to provide an outlet for youth and children. 

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Among its goals are as follows:

 

* To increase the participation of Rohingya children in the activities of the RFC

* To increase, over the period of the program, visits to the sports facility by Rohingya children

 

* To establish football-related means whereby Rohingya and non-Rohingya children can interact in safety and security.

*To increase harmony and good relations with non-Rohingya communities in KL, particularly between children

* To increase participation for children in wider, non-Rohingya society through “football diplomacy”

* To increase social and community well-being among the Rohingya community in KL, with special emphasis on children.

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Our RFC program has received funding from the Australian Government - via the Australian High Commission in Malaysia - and is an official partner with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

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The RFC has been a proven success across all the areas intended. 

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International media interest has been massive and interaction with the club has increased. This latter result is evidence the club has resonance among the Rohingya people in Malaysia and beyond - the club is well known inside Myanmar and among refugees in Bangladesh for instance. 

 

Recently, as Australian expert in post-trauma recovery and the use of sport reported very favourably on the RFC program.