Our+NGO+to+Help+Darfur

==**During the 2011-2012 school year, the two classes of Literature of Sport laid the groundwork for starting the course's own non-governmental organization (NGO) to use sports to help a worthy cause. The idea was to support social change or human rights through sports somewhere in the world where such support was sorely needed. After research and discussion, starting with a Skype videoconference with //Sports Illustrated// Senior Writer Alexander Wolff to discuss his article "Sports Saves the World" (see[|"Sports Saves the World"]), about the SDP movement (Sport for Development and Peace), the classes decided to use our NGO to support `Iolani's Operation RAD (Raising Awareness about Darfur) in the efforts it already had begun to help the Darfur United soccer club (see [|darfurunited.com)], a soccer club consisting of Darfuri refugees.**== ==**Our classes formed a Facebook group (**http://www.facebook.com/groups/325239410819563/) **for class members to communicate with each other as quickly and effectively as possible about our NGO ideas and actions. Thus, the classes of 2011-2012 have left a legacy to be carried on by present and future students in Literature of Sport. Our hope is that with each new year of students in the course, our organization will continue to grow and thrive and make life better for the refugees of Darfur, ultimately so that they are no longer refugees.**==