Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Vietnam: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Football Club Social Alliance (FCSA) have successfully completed their second joint project - The Young Coach Education programme - which trained 33 young Vietnamese men and women to become grassroots football coaches and role models in their communities and will benefit more than 2000 children.
Following close co-operation with local partners, the FCSA has conducted three education modules which provided the project participants with the tools to teach children – through football – the social and health-related issues in their communities.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Dhaka: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) continued to touch the lives of Rohingya refugees and street children in Bangladesh through the AFC’s Dream Asia Foundation supported by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), Coaches Across Continents (CAC), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Jaago Foundation.
The five-day programme started on June 17 with a Kids' Football Fun Festival organised for 226 Rohingya refugee children in co-operation with UNHCR. The children had the opportunity to play in a competitive and fun environment in small-sided games.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Zurich: Millions of children around the world are involved in football, almost all of whom follow a favourite team. Many children play in organised matches or kick-abouts and some also take an early interest in coaching and refereeing.
However they may be involved in the game, what these children all have in common is the right to enjoy football in a safe environment and a culture of respect and understanding.
With this firmly in mind, today FIFA launched a new dedicated programme and toolkit – FIFA Guardians™ – designed to enhance child safeguarding standards within football.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Sydney: Pararoos Head Coach Kai Lammert has finalised his squad to compete at July’s IFCPF World Cup in Seville, Spain.
Fourteen players will venture to Europe on June 29, with the Pararoos’ first stop being Oberhaching near Munich where the team will play two international friendlies against Germany’s National CP (Cerebral Palsy) football team.
While in Bavaria, Lammert’s squad will set up shop at Sportschule Oberhaching, a modern college of physical education that was built in 1994 and features a range of elite outdoor and indoor facilities.
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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.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Ulaanbaatar: Students at School No. 79 today received encouraging news after the Mongolian Football Federation (MFF) announced that they will build a new football pitch supported by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Dream Asia Foundation.
MFF President and AFC Vice President Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar made the announcement at their Grassroots Football Day and thanked AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa for his support.
The idea to build a football pitch was mooted 12 months ago after tragedy struck School No. 79 when an 11-year-old male student tragically died when a goal post fell on him.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Phnom Penh: The Indochina Starfish Foundation (ISF Cambodia), supported by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Dream Asia Foundation brought joy to more than 200 hearing-impaired children at the ISF Sports Ground in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh this week.
A total of 216 players participated in the competition for young men and women with hearing disabilities in Cambodia, using funding received by ISF following their AFC Dream Asia Award as the NGO of the Year.
The Dream Asia recognition acknowledged ISF’s initiatives in Cambodia where they provide the widest-reaching grassroots football programme in the country. The project is in line with the AFC Dream Asia Foundation’s key pillars of social inclusion and programmes for youths.