They join the cause: The UEFA Foundation donates a million dollars to help Ukrainian children
UEFA’s initiative seeks to address the emergency situation experienced by Ukrainian children and their families.
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By: EFE Updated 01 Sea 2022, 24: 04 pm EST
The UEFA Foundation for Children will provide an emergency fund of one million dollars to help children children in Ukraine and refugees in neighboring countries such as Moldova and an immediate aid of $130,000 dollars for the first and Ukrainian refugees.
The body indicated that this fund will finance initiatives of its member federations and charitable organizations that focus on children’s rights and well-being and that exact needs are now assessed.
The fund will be delivered to the Football Association of Moldova, which already works with local humanitarian organizations, and part of it will be used to provide medicine and supplies to children’s hospitals in Ukraine.
💙💛 The @UEFA_Foundation for Children awards
€1 million to assist Ukrainian children.
💙💛 The UEFA Foundation also provides € 100,000 to assist children and refugees in Moldova.
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— UEFA (@UEFA) March 1, 2022
“Children are very vulnerable during conflicts and It is our duty to help defend your fundamental rights and your health. Thanks to the solidarity of European football and the support of our partners, we will be able to provide some of the assistance that children urgently need. in Ukraine and neighboring countries”, said UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin.
On behalf of the Moldovan Football Association, its president, Leonid Oleiniceco, pointed out that this concrete support from European football and the UEFA Foundation for Children ” will help to quickly meet the basic needs of families and their children through local humanitarian organizations”.
The UEFA Foundation for Children aims to help children and defend their rights through sport and football, and to provide support in the areas of health, education, access to sport, personal development, integration of minorities and employability.
A public utility body under Swiss law, the Foundation began its activities on 17 April 2015 and currently developing 130 Projects. To date, it has financed more than 400 initiatives in 130 countries and more than 1.8 million children have benefited from their work.
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