Marco Elsafadi (born 1976) is a Palestinian refugee who arrived in Norway with his family in 1987. He was a professional-level basketball player and represented the Norwegian national team for 12 years. In 1993 Marco began his involvement with children and young adults, and in 2002 he established the organization New Page, which up until 2011 worked with youths in difficult situations: drug problems, skipping school, leisure problems and violence. Through the course of three years the organization grew to 60 employees and became an important pillar for the children’s protective services in Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger. Today he's the leader of UNIFY, a foundation which works preventatively and is forward-looking by offering to follow up youth groups through weekly activities and environmental therapeutic meetings.