In November 2022, Two Companies…
Tracksmith and Hoka stepped up with clothing and shoes to sponsor the Refugee Run Club. On a Wednesday afternoon in late November, Adrian Brune, Omer Chomani and photographer Carlotta Cardana went to the Darashakran camp, 20 miles outside of Erbil to distribute the gear to some very happy teenager runners.
The Darashakran Refugee Camp lies 20 miles outside Erbil, the capital of Northern Iraq.
The cinder-block houses in which many of the refugees live. At Darashakran, most of the refugees have escaped the civil war in Syria and the children raised there know little of their lives outside the camp.
The girls of the Darashakran Run Club try on new pairs of Hoka running shoes. (Photo by Carlotta Cardana)
The girls of the Darashakran Run Club, having put on their new running gear, watch as the boys try on theirs. (Photo by Carlotta Cardana)
The girls of the Refugee Run Club pose for the camera completely outfitted in their new kit. (Photo by Carlotta Cardana)
The boys of the Refugee Run Club pull out and try on their new Tracksmith clothing. (Photo by Carlotta Cardana)
Syrian girls from the Darashakran camp and members of the Refugee Run Club pose for the camera wearing their new Hoka shoes. Photo by Carlotta Cardana)
Syrian girls from the Darashakran camp and members of the Refugee Run Club try on their new pairs of Hoka running shoes. (Photo by Carlotta Cardana)
Boys play football with a flat toy basketball on an empty street in the Darashakran Refugee Camp, 20 miles outside of Erbil, in November 2022.