"Open football lessons" came to Myrhorod

10.05.2023 16:00

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In Myrhorod, the second event for Poltava Oblast was held as part of the "Open Football Lessons" project for children affected by the war, which was organized by the Ukrainian Football Association, the Poltava Oblast Football Association and the Myrhorod community.

The football event for children was opened by Yevgeny Stolitenko, the project coordinator from UAF, Volodymyr Oleksenko, deputy head of the Football Association of the Poltava Region, and Yury Podryga, a representative of the Department of Education, Youth and Sports of the Myrhorod City Council.

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The volunteers, who had previously undergone special training at the UAF, did a great job. As for the main participants of the event, children from the following educational institutions of Myrhorod took part in it:

— Lyceum No. 1 named after Panas Myrny (teacher — Oleksandr Svintsitsky);

— Gymnasium No. 3 (Mykola Malyshev);

— Lyceum "Linguist" No. 5 (Olexandr Nazarenko);

— lyceum named after T. Shevchenko (Anatoly Voloshko);

— Gymnasium No. 7 (Leonid Movchan);

— Lyceum No. 9 named after I. Zubkovsky (Olena Mykolaenko).

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It should be noted that "Open Football Lessons" also included components of psychological support and training in safe behavior in the conditions of war and its consequences — minimizing risks from explosive objects, mines, emergency situations, etc.

Local schools received a large amount of sports equipment and balls for football events, volunteers were equipped, and each child who participated in the football festival received a project t-shirt and a participant's diploma as a gift.

All project activities are carried out in the regions in agreement with the regional military administrations.

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The Ukrainian Football Association, with the support of Common Goal and the Association of Cross-Cultural Projects (Denmark), continues the "Open Football Lessons" project, which includes:

— psychosocial support for children of IDPs, children of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, children affected by war;

— unification and friendship of IDP children with local children, social integration;

— an inclusive environment, participants regardless of ability level, gender, as well as the participation of children with special educational needs;

— knowledge of security in conditions of war;

— the philosophy of mass football — the joy of the game instead of the result at any cost;

— education of a healthy lifestyle;

— development of volunteering;

— activation of local communities through cross-sectoral networks (teachers, trainers, psychologists, security specialists, parents, youth leaders, local authorities, patrons, etc.).