Watch: Rohingya refugee children play their own version of the football World Cup
Two young boys, Munzur Ali and Ismail from a refugee camp in Bangladesh, performed impressive tricks with a football.
Children will play football, no matter what. The Rohingya refugee communities in Bangladesh are no exception.
In a heartwarming video (above) posted by UNICEF, two young boys face off in a friendly football challenge. Munzur Ali and Ismail, currently at a refugee camp in Balukhali, Bangladesh, flaunt their football skills and talk about their icons from the sport.
The video is part of a larger campaign around the #LongestGoal challenge by UNICEF. It asks people across the world to post videos of themselves shouting “goal” for as long as possible – to stand up for children who have been uprooted from their homes and show that the love for football transcends boundaries.
Here are a few of those videos:
😮😮😮 @KalaniBallFree got 29 seconds on our #LongestGoal challenge! Can you beat him?
— UNICEF (@UNICEF) June 23, 2018
This #WorldCup, join our challenge to show your support for refugee and migrant children. The best clips will be featured on billboards around the world. pic.twitter.com/mUYKPxJHEy
Joined the #LongestGoal challenge from Djibouti with these lively students for migrant and refugee children around the world. Djibouti, a country of less than a million people, is home to 27K refugees, 4K of them from #Yemen.
— Henrietta H. Fore (@unicefchief) June 28, 2018
We now challenge you @muzoonrakan1 & @UNYouthEnvoy! pic.twitter.com/7QoGBOjZCh
Challenge accepted! This is my #LongestGoal - 18 seconds!
— kafaak (นายกาฝาก) (@kafaak) June 24, 2018
I challenge @Ajbomb @soyoso @suebsak1 to join this. Who knows. Maybe you guys will have a chance to have your longest goooooaaaaal displayed on the billboard around the world. pic.twitter.com/2uHYnldSED