The Puerto Rican Football Association (FPF) President, Iván Rivera Gutiérrez, has thanked the FIFA Foundation for its help in rebuilding football infrastructure following the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Fiona. A significant part of the Caribbean island’s football landscape benefited from FIFA Foundation support, including two of its leading facilities, which …
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FIFA, the Beach Soccer Worldwide Foundation and a host of star names from the Beach Soccer community have joined forces to welcome two groups of people living with disabilities to the site of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup UAE 2024 Dubai – to take part in two days of …
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As the year 2023 draws to a close, the time is ripe for a recap of the efforts made by the FIFA Foundation over these 365 days to continue using the power of football to make a positive impact on social change, education and development. On 6th February this year, …
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On the eve of the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup – Indonesia Final, and to recognise World AIDS Day, the FIFA Foundation has joined forces with Perkumpulan Rumah Cemara to organise a friendly match in Bandung. As part of the Indonesia Without Stigma campaign, the friendly match involved players from …
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The application period for the 2024 edition of the FIFA Foundation Community Programme is now open and runs until September 15, 2023. The FIFA Foundation Community Programme works with local projects around the world that use the power of football to effect positive social change and to address the most …
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To commemorate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, the FIFA Foundation has today confirmed the 114 not-for-profit organisations from 54 countries that will benefit from financial support under its Community Programme in 2023. The FIFA Foundation Community Programme seeks to support local projects that use the power …
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FIFA Foundation is teaming up with Qatar Foundation and Generation Amazing to deliver a range of football initiatives to empower youth and the community of Qatar that go beyond the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar. The announcements came during the Doha Forum, where FIFA Foundation signed agreements with Qatar …
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Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the FIFA Foundation has been involved in several activities to help victims by working alongside the local and regional football community. An initial shipment of humanitarian supplies has already been delivered to the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF), while a total of …
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The FIFA Foundation has opened its inaugural Football 4 Schools project in Africa with children in Mauritania the first on the continent to benefit from the programme that puts football at the heart of social development. The project encourages youth participation in football through structured sessions, using football games to …
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India’s ‘capital of sport’ has played host to the launch of Football for Schools in the world’s second-most populous country. The FIFA Foundation selected sport-loving Odisha as the perfect location to launch the new programme, which aims to make football more accessible to both girls and boys throughout the world. …
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