"That was a dream, man, I won't lie to you," Kamungo said of the day his family left the camp. "Being able to get out of a refugee camp and come to the U.S. is something that I wanted for so long. Kamungo isn't the first soccer standout, or even the first potential Olympian, to emerge from the monotony, squalor and desperation of a refugee camp. "People who are living in a refugee camp are resilient, right? The fact he was even in the conversation and not in a refugee camp is reason enough to celebrate.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 12, 2024 10:03 UTC