On the All-Ukrainian Football Day, the heads of the UAF played football with children from families affected by the war

29.04.2023 20:25

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On the All-Ukrainian Football Day, which our country celebrates every year on April 29, the House of Football opened its doors to the small fans of the game of millions. 

Children from families who suffered as a result of the full-scale Russian invasion visited the home of the Ukrainian Football Association. 

This visit of children from different regions of the country was made possible thanks to the close cooperation of the UAF with the Mriya charitable foundation, which helps the families of captured and fallen defenders of Ukraine who survived the horrors of the Russian occupation.

Young guests with interest explored the museum with trophies of Ukrainian football, took part in a football quiz and visited the hall of the executive committee, where leaders and functionaries of national football make decisions for the development of the number one sport in the country.

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Andrii Pavelko congratulated the children on the football holiday and wished them to realize their dreams and become future football stars. Together with Oleg Protasov, Anatoly Demyanenko and Vadym Kostyuchenko, he handed the children balls and football souvenirs.

"We want more balls and to play football with you!" — the leaders of UAF gladly fulfilled the wishes of young football supporters and joined them in the game on the field of the NTK named after V. Bannikova.

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"We are extremely grateful to the Ukrainian Football Association, which together with us supports children who have found themselves in difficult life circumstances because of the war. These are children who are interested in sports from different parts of the country — from the Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk region, Kyiv and Kyiv region, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kryvyi Rih and other cities and regions of Ukraine," commented the executive director of the charity fund "Mriya" on today's excursion to the House of Football » Tatiana Komlyk.

"We have to support small Ukrainians who are facing big challenges in their lives. We help them pass this time of war and trials, so that in the future they will become successful citizens who will develop our country and lead it forward to new achievements," emphasized Andriy Pavelko.

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