Borneo Football International Foundation
​Kalimantan, Indonesia

Supported by Susila Dharma Canada since 2018!

The Borneo Football International Foundation has been working in Kalimantan since 2015 providing a healthy and safe environment for local children (many of them from low income families), who like to play football (soccer). The Foundation also provides health and nutrition programs, school support and English language education.

The Borneo Football International Academy, located in the Subud community of Rungan Sari, was begun by Subud members with just 14 young people. By 2019 the Academy provided football training to 300 young players, many of them girls, as well as distributing books on basic English to 700 players in schools.

The objectives of this project are:
  • To provide clear information about the practice of football and its benefits using English terms as a way to motivate children and youth to engage in English learning as a way to complete their formal education.
  • To encourage students to improve their skills in computer and English at the YUM Vocational Training Centre.
  • To increase awareness amongst the new generations about the importance to protect and manage the natural resources in a balance way.

Daniela Bustillo, the Project Director, reports:

“It is the only Academy of its kind in the entire region, and has drawn support from local government and private institutions to fund the first Borneo Football Cup in 2015, held at the Palankaraya Stadium. It has become a grand, much-awaited tournament since!”

In 2020 SD Canada has committed $3,000 to the Borneo Football International Foundation.