Barnidge and Giacomini were college teammates at the University of Louisville, and Awadallah, now a senior engineer at Yum Brands, was their classmate. All three enjoyed community work while in school and decided to take it to the next level when they established themselves in their careers.
"We almost had one kid from China get a D-III (opportunity), but he chose to go to Stanford instead for academics,Cheap Jerseys China," Giacomini said. "That's like, 'OK, you win.'"
Giacomini, an offensive lineman for the New York Jets, and Barnidge, a tight end for the Cleveland Browns,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, are taking the field in the Middle East this week for AFWB's latest international trip after holding camps in China, Brazil and Turkey the previous three years.
"There's a lot more football in the world than people think," said Giacomini, the son of Brazilian immigrants. "In China, they started with cone drills and now they're up to maybe 15 padded teams. In Brazil, they started on the beach and they're up to like 45 padded teams now. Same thing with Istanbul."
"The love of the game is definitely spreading throughout the world," Giacomini said, "and we're trying to be contributors to that wherever we go."
The original plan hatched from that initial dinner meeting was to head to Egypt, where Awadallah was born and raised. He had a high school friend conducting basic football drills there, but the political turmoil in that country in 2013 steered the group to China instead.
Summer camps are also held in Malden, Massachusetts, where Giacomini was raised, and Middleburg, Florida, where Barnidge is from, and one is being added this year in Louisville,wholesale jerseys, Kentucky.

NEW YORK (AP) — A spirited brainstorming session over some noodles, vegetables and rice.
"Gary and I will be doing this for a very long time," the 30-year-old Giacomini said. "This is part of Plan B after football."
"If we change one kid's life, we did our job."
Added Barnidge: "They don't recruit for football internationally. They do for basketball and baseball and other sports, but they don't for football. We are trying to break that trend."
Barnidge, selected for his first Pro Bowl, was the Browns' winner of the Walter Payton Man of the Year award this past season for his work with AFWB.
The impassioned idea developed into American Football Without Barriers, a nonprofit organization that educates disadvantaged children in the United States and overseas about the sport.
That's how Breno Giacomini and Gary Barnidge — a couple of ambitious NFL players intent on making a difference beyond the field — and their buddy Ahmed Awadallah came up with their mission to take American football all over the world,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic.
Last year in Istanbul, the group put males and females on the same field — something that doesn't happen often there, according to Giacomini.
While in Rio de Janeiro two years ago, AFWB went to an orphanage and donated nearly 180 pairs of shoes to children there. Each one of the NFL players sat in front of them, took off the kids' old socks and shoes, washed their feet and slipped on clean, new socks and shoes for them to keep.
"We want to build from the ground up," Barnidge said. "We don't want to be a viewer. We don't want people just watching. We want people playing the sport and enjoying it like we do."
In conjunction with the Egyptian Federation of American Football,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, AFWB will have free camps — basic, junior and advanced levels — for players ages 14-25, as well as a coaching clinic led by Giacomini.
The players teach the campers techniques to fine-tune their football skills. One of AFWB's goals is to get a player from another country on a football scholarship in the United States.
But it isn't just about the sport for the NFL players. There's a humanitarian aspect, too, with visits to orphanages and hospitals while the players also learn about the cultures they're experiencing.
"It's awesome, man," Giacomini said. "All the players are like, 'Man, I just want to keep doing more stuff like this.' You want to keep these kids off the streets, but we also push education. It's just a great experience.
Next stop: Egypt.
AFWB receives proposals every year from American football federations around the world to have the camp held in their country. The group sifts through the emails and discusses their needs — hotels, security and buses to transport the players — and then votes on a site.