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MoreThanBoots

  • Creating opportunities for youth through sports.

    More Than Boots - MTB

  • Creating opportunities for youth through sports.

    Changing Lives Beyond The Game

  • Creating opportunities for youth through sports.

    Beyond Sports, Building Peace and Hope

  • Creating opportunities for youth through sports.

    Beyond Sports, Building Peace and Hope

Get to Know MTB

About us

More Than Boots (MTB) Community-Based Organization is a refugee-led, non-profit, non-political, and community-centered organization established to promote peacebuilding, youth empowerment, protection, inclusion, and social cohesion among refugees and host communities through sports and community development initiatives.

Our Motto

Programs & Activities

Peacebuilding & Social Cohesion

Refugee and host-community relations in Turkana aren't abstract policy — they're ...

Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)

For many young refugees, sport is the only space where ....

Gender Equality and Protection

Girls and women in the camp face steeper barriers to both sport and safety, so ...

Talent Development & Referral Programs

Some of these young athletes are genuinely good enough to ...

Education & Life Skills

Sport is the hook; education is often the follow-through. MTB pairs its athletic programming with ....

Community Outreach

MTB's presence extends past its own programs — through school visits, community clean-ups ...

Together, We Can Shape Futures Through The Game

Meet Our Team Members

Experienced People

David Jongkuch Ayuen
Founder and president
Matthew Makuei
Secretary general
Atem Deng Atem
Treasurer