Inter Campus and UEFA Foundation for Children, a new project for Africa

Inter Campus and UEFA Foundation for Children, a new project for Africa

Together with Inter Campus, The UEFA Foundation for Children has been working in Sub-Saharan countries using football as a tool to help kids have a better access to education.

After having collaborated on two projects in Israel and Palestine, as well as one in Venezuela, Inter Campus and the UEFA Foundation for Children have once again joined forces to improve children’s education through football.

The Black’n’Blue project, which will run for two years, will involve four partners in four different Sub-Saharan countries: Salesianos Dom Bosco in
Angola, CSC in Camerun, Alba Onlus in Congo, and St.Joseph Primary School in Uganda.

Based on local partners’ knowledge and Inter Campus’ experience, in every country the project will have a specific focus:

• Angola: health improvement and crime prevention
• Cameroon: improvement of ethnic integration
• Democratic Republic of Congo: targeting street children in rural areas and giving them assistance as early as possible.
• Uganda: improvement of gender equality to help to reduce poverty among women

The representatives of each partner will have the opportunity to meet and share their personal knowledge, by taking part in Inter Campus’ training weeks. Not only will this be a learning experience but it will also help to break down barriers between different communities.

“Having had the opportunity to be personally involved in various projects, I have seen that football is an extremely powerful tool,” said the UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin. “Whether it is in refugee camps across the world, the troubled suburbs of European cities or forgotten conflict zones, all the activities supported by the UEFA Foundation for Children have strengthened my desire to see European football assume its role in the social development of young people all over the world. I would also like to pay tribute in this regard to FC Internazionale Milano, who, through Inter Campus, have been working tirelessly to improve the lives of children so they have the chance to dream of a better future.”

“I am delighted the fruitful partnership between Inter Campus and the UEFA Foundation for Children will be continuing for another two years,” said Javier Zanetti, vice-president of FC Internazionale Milano and former player for the club for almost two decades. “This is the third project we will work on together, after projects in Israel and Palestine, and in Venezuela, and as always, both our organisations share the same goal – to help and improve the lives of as many children across the globe as possible.”