But he's not going to sit back and wait for it to happen.

Mr Duang co-founded the Aweil Youth Association of Victoria about a year ago.

It's aimed at encouraging more young people from southern Sudanese migrant families to play sport.

Mr Duang believes sport can play a vital role in keeping young people off the streets and away from bad influences.

The group runs two-hour soccer sessions for more than 30 youths each Saturday at the West Sunshine Community Centre.

"We are running soccer training at the moment, but we hope to include basketball and Australian rules football soon," Mr Duang said.

"A lot of the kids' parents can't afford to take them to sports training and after-school activities so I wanted to start a free service."

Mr Duang said that to keep the program running, community support was vital.

The association was given a $2500 grant last week from the Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre's Seeds for Growth fund.

The fund was established two years ago by Spectrum to help new migrants and refugees.

Last week, community groups across the north-west shared in more than $36,895 for more than 29 projects.

Mr Duang said the money would help provide sports equipment.

"We are very grateful for this money, but we will need more support and more volunteers from the Brimbank community.

"A lot of young Sudanese people struggle in school and drop out and end up on the streets, so we want this program to grow so we can run homework support and education sessions."

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