The football team “Real Refugees” comes from the desire of a group of young migrants passionate for football, looking for aggregative moments to feel part of a group and practice a sport linked to a hobby that already existed before their arrival in Italia.

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​For this reason, Association Francesco Realmonte, in collaboration with the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano and Cattolica per lo sport, was therefore able to give life to a training made of young migrants.

 

The goal is to develop in the teenagers both external and internal factors of resilience through sport, like the learning of rules, socialization and emotional strenghtening. Sport enables indeed to connect with its inner self, consenting to see first-hand its own value, weaknesses and aspirations. It is also a tool that enables to create helping relationships, comunicate and project a future with the teenagers, who deploy both individual and collective energies individuali promoting resilience.