The male and female teams were organized by amputees in August 2010 at Hospital Bernard Mevs . A majority of the players suffered limb loss during the 2010 earthquake . To date Team Zaryen is composed of male and female amputees who are looking to soccer as a way to show the world that disability does not crush the human spirit . The goal of the soccer team was to allow any Haitian Amputee the opportunity to play athletics . The players hoped to challenge the traditionally negative stigma of disability in Haiti , and show the country that it can emerge triumphant from the remnants of the earthquake
2010 earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Team Zaryen