Tue, 30 Nov, -0001
Paris: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Dream Asia Foundation and the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC)’s Generation Amazing programme on Sunday signed a long-term partnership in Paris, France, which will enable collaboration in legacy and education across Asia during the next four years.
The AFC will manage the partnership through the AFC Dream Asia Foundation which was launched in March 2017 and has delivered projects across the Continent in the last two years.
Generation Amazing is the human and social legacy programme initiated during Qatar’s successful bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in 2010, which aims to use the power of sport to positively impact lives and create sustainable social development in communities.
Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the AFC President, said: “The AFC puts football for social development at the heart of all our work and since the launch of the AFC Dream Asia Foundation, we are proud to have conducted 33 projects in 21 AFC Member Associations. We are looking forward to working with the Generation Amazing to deliver even more projects for the benefit of young people on our Continent.”
The value-in-kind partnership will see both sides engaging in joint football for development initiatives in countries including Lebanon and the Philippines, where the AFC has already concluded successful projects.