Rheinflanke

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LOCATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION

OUR AIM

Rheinflanke actively supports young people in their personal development to become responsible citizens in society. Their focus is on linking street football activities to educational opportunities. Football activities provide an easy entry point for participants to get involved in the education programmes. The organisation is a social service provider with a mission to create long-term and sustainable social projects for disadvantaged young people, particularly those with migrant backgrounds.

AID PLANS

Programme entitled ‘Learning German through football!’

    • To target young refugees in emergency accommodation at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin.
    • To explicitly target young refugees aged between 10 and 18 who lack opportunities in education and personal development.
    • To teach football-related phrases as an easy start to learning German.

BENEFICIARIES

365 children aged between 10 and 18.

LINK

www.rheinflanke-berlin.de

OUR PARTNERS

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Inclusive education for the children of East Jerusalem

LOCATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION

Our aim

This project aims to give children in East Jerusalem access to inclusive education and sport. It will support 10 of the 46 public Palestinian schools in East Jerusalem. The biggest problems related to Palestinian education in East Jerusalem are a shortage of classrooms, a lack of playgrounds, restricitions on the movement of both students and teachers, insufficient resources, the use of a Palestinian curriculum and textbooks, a lack of adequately trained teachers with access to Jerusalem, and tensions related to the socio-political situation – exacerbated since October 2015, causing a significant increase in the number of minors arrested (860), with the consequences of social and psychological problems affecting the students’ academic achievements and increasing the already high drop-out rates.

The proposed project will take an inclusive approach, helping schools to:

  • identify the challenges and support children with additional educational needs;
  • make full use of the resources available within and in relation to the school environment;
  • mobilise existing resources in schools and the wider community;
  • establish inclusive spaces in schools where curricular and extracurricular activities are promoted; and
  • strengthen school staff, involving caregivers and university students in the educational process.

The aim is to enable public basic schools to improve the quality of the learning/teaching process in order to address the individual needs of their students, ensuring participation and equal opportunities. An integral part of that process is the provision of access to extracurricular activities, especially sports-related activities. The project is expected to have long-term benefits in terms of the fight against child labour and poverty, while preserving and developing the children’s cultural identity.

PROJECT CONTENT

Palestinians living in East Jerusalem

East Jerusalem is home to approximately 300,000 Palestinians, 39% of whom are children. Poverty, incursions, the demolition of houses, tensions within families, increased violence and marginalisation have a strong impact on children’s development and threaten their fundamental rights.

Children have very limited access to playgrounds, public green areas and sport facilities at school, especially in the Old City. This prevents the development of sporting ability and deprives the children of the opportunity to engage in outdoor activities, which would have a positive impact in the context of their challenging lives. It also affects their academic performance and increases the rate of school drop-outs.

The socio-political situation in East Jerusalem helps to further marginalise groups of children who are temporarily unable to attend school – e.g. because they have been arrested. According to the Jerusalem Directorate of Education, no specific services are provided to those children or their families at the moment.

Giving children access to inclusive education

This project focuses on the promotion of children’s education and individual development, seeking to fight child labour and poverty. The project seeks to address the educational needs of the most disadvantaged Palestinian children in East Jerusalem in defence of their fundamental rights. This inclusive model will be implemented by 10 of the 46 public Palestinian schools in East Jerusalem. All parties involved – teachers, university students, staff of the Ministry of Education, parents and other members of the community – will receive specific training with a view to developing an inclusive culture and supportive educational practices.

The UEFA Foundation for Children will cover 7.5% of the project’s costs. That funding will be allocated specifically to sport and other extracurricular activities, which account for around 15% of all activities foreseen under the project.

 Expected impact and results

The project is predicted to benefit a total of 2,350 children.

The expected results are as follows:

  • A more inclusive culture and more supportive educational practices at the target schools
  • Improved access to inclusive educational services, higher levels of school attendance and/or academic performance, and increased participation in structured inclusive sport and extracurricular activities among children aged between 5 and 16 who are living and/or attending school in East Jerusalem
  • Increased empowerment, awareness of additional educational needs and how to support the children and participation in inclusive extracurricular activities and workshops/seminars among parents and members of the local community
  • Increased networking among Palestininan public schools in East Jerusalem, supporting the exchange of educational practices
  • Improved data collection and analysis among the staff of Jerusalem’s Directorate of Education and school staff
  • Defence of rights and support for children excluded from the school system for different reasons, including those under house arrest

Links

http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

http://terredeshommes.it

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www.inclusionpalestine.org

OUR PARTNERS

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Emergency aid and protection for vulnerable refugee children and families in southeast Europe

LOCATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION

OUR AIM

Emergency relief for vulnerable refugee children and families while they are on the road in southeast Europe.

PROJECT CONTENT

The ‘Balkan route’

The situation of refugees and migrants arriving en masse on the Greek islands from Turkey and heading to western Europe (particularly Germany) through FYR Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia has become a major humanitarian issue. In February 2016, one-third of those refugees were children. Access to basic services (including shelter, sanitation, food and clothing) still needs to be improved, as the flow of refugees and migrants heading towards Europe is not likely to decrease in the coming months. Children and the mothers of young children are particularly in need and at greater risk.

A large-scale emergency operation in FYR Macedonia and Serbia has already provided relief to more than 11,000 refugee families by distributing essential cold-weather items and hygiene products, setting up safe areas for mothers and children, and providing information to refugees and much-needed psychosocial support to the most vulnerable – notably young children. The operation will continue around the transit zones of Tabanovce in FYR Macedonia and Adasevci in Serbia during the coming summer months.

Expected results and scheduled actions

1) At least 6,000 refugee children and mothers will receive emergency non-food items to meet their basic needs in winter conditions. The project aims to distribute hygiene products, with a strong focus on women and adolescent girls, and life-saving winter items. The project will help to prevent outbreaks of disease, while also contributing to people’s sense of dignity in these difficult circumstances.

2) At least 10,000 children and their families will receive protection and support through recreational activities, emergency counselling and activities promoting health. The benefits of recreational activities and children being able to play in a secure environment have been shown to have a significant positive impact in tough situations: play and creative recreational activities help children to strengthen their resilience and deal with stress and negative experiences. Using trained professionals, the project will provide recreational activities to children (particularly those aged three to ten) and their mothers, as well as providing parents with ‘psychological first aid’, health advice and referrals to appropriate services where needed.

3) Children and their families will be able to access information and means of communication in order to be regularly updated on their rights and the risks they face and to maintain social connections with their country of origin and family members. The project will provide access to accurate information on child protection, health issues, refugee rights, the risk of being trafficked, travel issues and access to services. This information will be available in Arabic, English and Dari and will be provided in a timely manner in a variety of ways (such as orally or in the form of leaflets and maps). Where possible, the project will also provide recharging points for mobile phones and GSM wireless devices.

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Health and social integration through sport in Ireland

Location and general information

CONTEXT

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The John Giles Foundation aims to promote sporting activities and a healthy lifestyle among children in disadvantaged communities across Ireland. There is a special focus on football, which is used to tackle obesity and social exclusion. The foundation helps to strengthen club structures and local entities in order to foster the integration of vulnerable sections of the population and bring about positive social change. It also supports various programmes at national level. The UEFA Foundation for Children shares the John Giles Foundation’s vision, so it is keen to provide financial backing for the foundation’s current activities and help it to support more programmes in the future.

Project content

“Make opportunities a right – not a privilege.” John Giles

With this motto, the John Giles Foundation focuses on the individual in his/her own environment. The foundation uses football to create a better quality of life, greater self-esteem and increased opportunities. Many small, rural communities cannot afford the basic facilities required to cater for children who want to participate in football or other sporting activities, as funding is very limited. Assistance with the development of appropriate infrastructure in those communities would give thousands of children the opportunity to play football or other sports.

Testimony to the positive impact of the programme

“The foundation’s support helped us to improve our facilities and thereby increase participation in girls’ football in a remote rural area in the west of Ireland. As a result, we now have three girls’ teams where there were none previously.” Richie Flannery, Kilmore Girls FC

Healthy Kids’ programme

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The John Giles Foundation is helping communities through its ‘Heathy Kids’ programme, which involves a local team working with communities to increase awareness of how important healthy living is for children. That initiative is based on three elements:

  • education regarding nutrition, a balanced diet and the importance of regular physical activity;
  • the provision of an outlet for that physical activity;
  • support for the local team and the community to keep the programme going.

The power of football is effectively used to build community cohesion, promote health, and encourage lifelong participation and learning in this programme.

Expected impact and results

  • Improved infrastructure in order to increase access to sport in remote rural areas
  • More children playing football or other sports, including girls and children from disadvantaged communities
  • Trained, qualified coaches in both rural and urban areas
  • Greater awareness of the growing obesity issue in Ireland and the provision of solutions through sport, nutritional guidance and the promotion of healthy lifestyles
  • Tangible positive impact on children’s health and social integration, and an increase in lifelong participation and learning

Liens

John Giles Foundation: www.johngilesfoundation.com

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Improvement of living conditions of street children in Luanda

Location and general information

OUR AIM

Samusocial International in Angola helps promote an inclusive society by reinforcing actions and partnerships between civil society organisations and local authorities involved in caring for the most excluded children and adolescents.

Samusocial International has been present in Angola since 2010 and works with street children in partnership with the Angolan Association CACAJ (Arnold Janssen Children’s Centre). Since Samusocial International started its work there, over 300 street children have received specific medico-psychosocial support.

PROJECT CONTENT

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According to UNICEF, 5,000 children live on the streets of Luanda 

The programme acts at three different levels:

  • Improving access to basic services and quality of care provided to street children in Luanda, by assisting the Arnold Janssen Centre with technical means;
  • Strengthening cooperation and networking between non-governmental actors and public institutions/local authorities involved in care and support to street children;
  • Promoting street children’s rights by raising awareness of the living conditions of street children, spreading information and experiences between all entities involved in children’s care.

Samusocial International’s activities

To ensure that access to basic social services are improved for street children in Luanda, the following actions are envisaged:

  • Medico-psychosocial support to vulnerable children by the mobile outreach team and by the Arnold Janssen Centre;
  • Strengthening of Arnold Janssen Centre management with logistical, human resources and financial support;
  • Supporting of the family reinsertion process in partnership with relevant local and national institutions.

Cooperation between professionals from different social entities for street children with local authorities will be strengthened through the following activities:

  • Organising ongoing training sessions for the Arnold Janssen Centre teams;
  • Organising ongoing training sessions for partner teams;
  • Facilitating the exchange of best practices and cooperation between shelter facilities working with street children in Luanda and with local authorities. Organising and developing a network of state and non-state actors working in the social and family reintegration of children and young people.

Information and documentation about the status and rights of vulnerable children will be made available to public and civil society child protection actors through the following activities:

  • Ensuring continual updating of documentation and data about street children;
  • Developing technical guidance documents for the network professionals and organising information and knowledge sharing;
  • Developing advocacy tools for the rights of the most excluded children.

Expected results

Access to basic social services are improved for street children in Luanda through improved technical capacities and means of the Arnold Janssen Centre:

  • 400 street children benefit from medico-psychosocial support support during the two years of the project;
  • 800 children a year receive individual care and social support;
  • 20 street chidren benefit from family tracing each year;
  • 120 children living at the Arnold Janssen Centre participate in educational, vocational and leisure activities.

Sharing and cooperation between professionals from different social facilities for street children along with local authorities will be implemented through training and experience-sharing sessions:

  • 30 professional staff from the Arnold Janssen Centre and partners participate in training sessions, professional exchanges and networking.

Information and documentation about the status and rights of vulnerable children will be made available to public and civil society child protection actors:

  • 40 professionals, decision-makers and public/private stakeholders working with steet children and/or vulnerable children get access to documentation about the situation of street children ad receive technical documentation and guidelines produced during the project;
  • They participate in advocacy events involving street children organised at least once a year in Luanda.
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Links

Samu Social International http://www.samu-social-international.com/en/

Samu Social International – Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ssiangola/timeline

Centro de Acolhimento de Crianças http://cacajluanda.org/

OUR PARTNERS

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Spirit of Soccer

Location and general information

OUR AIM

The UEFA Foundation for Children is supporting the Spirit of Soccer project in Iraq, the main aim of which is to use the power of football to educate children about the dangers of landmines and explosive remnants of war. The project includes mine risk education, using educational activities to reduce the risk of injury from mines and unexploded ordnance by raising awareness and promoting behavioural change.

PROJECT CONTENT

Sport as a vehicle for learning

Sport plays a healing role for children forced to live in camps without formal education or social structures.

The humanitarian consequences of violence in Iraq and Syria have been catastrophic, leaving some 5.2 million people in urgent need of assistance in Iraq. Since December 2014 more than 2.2 million Iraqis have been internally displaced, and half of them are children under the age of 18, forced to live in camps without any formal education or social structures. In such environments children are at increasingly at risk from drugs, crime and recruitment by extremist groups. They will also have to one day return to homes now polluted by the legacy of conflict, where landmines, unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices will be a constant and deadly threat.

150 local Iraqi and Syrian coaches to reach our objectives

Training will involve a mixture of interactive classroom learning and hands-on field-based activities.

Project objectives :

  • Teach 150 Iraqi and Syrian football coaches (30% women) the fundamentals of trauma and mine safety:a. KEEP AWAY from dangerous areas
    b. DON’T TOUCH mines or explosive remnants of war
    c. REPORT mines or explosive remnants of war to someone in authority
    d. COMMUNICATE the above to friends and family
  • Deliver mine risk education through football to 25,000 Iraqi and Syrian children
  • Recruit 5,000 high-risk, fighting -age men into a ‘anti-extremism football league’
  • Deliver mine risk education messages indirectly to 75,000 Iraqi and Syrian refugees and internally displaced people
  • Increase access to football in under-served communities

Objectifs et résultats attendus

  • 150 new football coaches qualified according to professional standards
  • Min. 90% of coaches report increased skills in football coaching and mine risk education
  • 25,000 children participate in mine risk education through football activities
  • Min. 80% of participants report increased mine safety knowledge. Reduction in the risk of accidents involving mines and unexploded munitions for children in vulnerable communities
  • Participation of 5,000 teenage men in ‘anti- extremism football league’
  • Development of sporting and recreational activities for displaced people
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LIENS

Spirit of soccer : http://spiritofsoccer.org/

US Department of State : www.state.gov/t/pm/wra/

Iraqi Football Association : www.the-afc.com/member-association/iraqi-football-association

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Play for Positive Change

Location and general information

Context

Prabhat Shanti Secondary School

There are four main problems connected to access to sport in school in Nepal, which result in decreased participation, namely: lack of facilities, lack of knowledge, lack of equipment and lack of structure.

The Play for Change (PFC) and Global Action Nepal (GAN) are jointly working and implementing a programme called “Khelaun Khelaun” meaning play for positive change in nepalese.

The programme is providing opportunties to access sport activities and coaching training for some of the country’s most disadvantaged young people, especially women and girls. This will then enable the community to coordinate and run the programme on a long term basis. There will also be a mentoring scheme offered to the children and young people which will help develop their soft skills, with an emphasis placed upon encouraging female participation. 40 schools will participate in the programme benefitting 3000 children.
Futhermore, this programme is a valuable addition and a way of helping children to deal with mental health issues following the two recent devastating earthquakes.

Play for positive change

Khelaun Khelaun

In the first stage of development in 2016, we aim to create a culture of inclusive sports education for the children, to provide sporting equipment for all participating schools and provide coaching qualifications for up to 35 local young people, female and male.

In addition, a PFC league is being organised across the Lamjung district, with the finals being scheduled for May/June 2016.

The PFC and GAN share the same passion for football and believe that this project will offer a great platform for providing life-changing opportunities to disadvantaged children and their communities. This project will encourage members of the local communities to be directly involved. Project leaders, coaches and teachers will be recruited locally. Disadvantaged sectors of the community will be encouraged to apply for these roles.

Aims and expected results

The main aims of Khelaun Khelaun is to:

  • increase the participation of disadvantaged children in sports, especially girls;
  • establish sporting activities and local leagues for 40 schools in the district of Besisahar;
  • economic empowerment of the local communities, who will run and continue the programme;
  • develop training for coaches and teachers in local communities;
  • improve health and wellbeing, by promoting better physical and mental health through sport
  • brighter future perspectives for children, thanks to the learning of new skills.

Expected results of the project:

  • healthier and happier children who have regular access to recreational activiti, and to sport in particular.
  • more girls involved in sports activities
  • brighter future prospects for children, thanks to the learning of new skills
  • economic empowerment of the local communities who will run and maintain the community centres

Links

http://playforchange.org/
http://www.nepalaction.global/

 

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Football in the Za’atari refugee camp

Location and general information

Refugee camp

The structure of the Za’atari camp and how it is run.
The structure of the Za’atari camp and how it is run.

Context

The Asian Football Development Project (AFDP) and the UEFA Foundation for Children are helping people displaced by the conflict in Syria, particularly children and young people living in the Zaatari refugee camp.

Project content

Organising tournaments

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The UEFA Foundation for Children organises football tournaments and other sports events. In particular, it has set up a football league inside the camp. To do so, it set up teams organised into ‘clubs’ and offers them regular training sessions. The camp’s trained coaches oversee all these activities. In addition to playing and spending time together, the youngsters also learn football skills and assimilate fundamental values of sport such as respect, fair play, team spirit and solidarity.

Training local coaches

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The UEFA Foundation for Children trains and certifies local coaches – Syrians and Jordanians between 20 and 40 years of age. Most of them already work for other organisations inside the camp and are already involved in sporting, educational or recreational activities. Offering them specific training allows them to develop their skills and will improve their employability, not only inside the camps but also once the Syrian crisis is over, thereby ensuring the continuity of the project. It also ensures proper supervision of the children taking part in the programme and provides them with role models.

Providing equipment and infrastructure

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The UEFA Foundation for Children supports organisations that are already active inside the camp by providing equipment for sports activities and training. That equipment is mostly balls, kit and shoes, as well as whistles, stopwatches, cones and technical manuals for the coaches. During tournaments, all the young participants receive water, snacks and a souvenir.

Good infrastructure is also needed so that sport can be played in a suitable and safe environment. The foundation is doing up all the existing facilities. Zaatari already had a dozen football pitches for the children to play on, but they were not always in a fit state and the activities they were used for were badly organised and rarely included girls.

Integrating through sport

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The UEFA Foundation for Children has created a specific programme for the refugees based on their needs. The programme is tailored to the Zaatari context and aims to do more for the young people than just giving them the opportunity to play sport. To that end, the coaches receive specific training that allows them to use the benefits of sport to support the young people in everyday life. This training uses a fun and educational approach to address social issues and to focus, in particular, on conflict resolution and raising awareness of early marriages, birth control, the importance of school, health, hygiene and well-being.

Objectives

  • Engage children and young Syrians (girls and boys) by organising football and other sports activities in an appropriate, safe and supervised environment where they can remain children and have some fun. In addition to playing and spending time together, the youngsters also learn football skills and assimilate fundamental values of sport such as respect, fair play, team spirit and solidarity, and are also educated on specific social issues.
  • Train Syrian football coaches and referees, teaching them how to run football coaching sessions but give them also the skills to organise a league and run football clubs. Specific classes focus on refereeing.
  • Integrate a specific life-skills curriculum based on the context and needs. The coaches learn how to best use the values of sport to encourage the children’s personal development and raise their awareness of certain social issues. The curriculum uses a fun and educational approach to address social issues and to focus, in particular, on conflict resolution and raising awareness of early marriages, birth control, the importance of school, health, hygiene and well-being.
  • Establish football clubs and a league in the camp. Once implemented, the trained Syrian coaches and referees will be able to run the clubs and the league by themselves.
  • Provide equipment and infrastructure. Building of a sports centre inside the camp and upgrading of the football pitch into artificial turf providing a reliable infrastructure and safe zone for the children to play. The UEFA Foundation for Children also supports agencies that are already active inside the camp by providing equipment for sports activities and training.

 

Infrastructure and training material

The UEFA Foundation for Children, in cooperation with the AFDP, has contributed to the construction of a sports centre. Known as the House of Sport, it is a place for social activities, a safe environment where children and young people can have fun and make friends, and somewhere for those who are interested in football.

  • Since the beginning of the project, 20,000 footballs, 10,000 T-shirts, caps and backpacks, 5,000 shoes and 1,000 training kits (cones, plates, bibs, stopwatches, whistles, etc.) have been distributed for the sports activities.
  • At each tournament 1,000 snacks and 2,000 bottles of water are distributed.
  • The coaches have also been fully equipped.
  • The two main pitches used for tournaments have been fully equipped for football matches.
  • Ten containers of various material (sportswear, balls, etc.) have been provided by the UEFA foundation.

Football pitch

Pursuing the aim of providing a safe environment for the beneficiaries of the project, the UEFA Foundation for Children, in cooperation with the AFDP and the Jordanian Football Association, has contributed to the conversion of a full-size football pitch to artificial turf with the support of the donor LAY’S.

  • The work on-site to upgrade the pitch took two months.
  • Two containers filled with artificial turf, construction material such as geotextile, adhesive, tape, maintenance equipment (including a tractor), and pitch equipment such as goals and corner flags were sent from the Netherlands.
  • An unofficial opening ceremony took place on 29 May 2017, giving the youngsters the opportunity to start using the pitch.

Figures (July 2017)

  • 250 adult refugees – including 87 women and 163 men – had already benefitted from the coach education offered by the foundation, giving them the necessary skills to become good coaches and therefore to supervise and organise sport and football activities – weekly training, tournaments and other events; 46 are currently working for the project and the others for the other NGOs that are active in the camp.
  • Experts enlisted by the UEFA Foundation for Children and the AFDP ran workshops on refereeing, trauma recovery, sport as a tool for social cohesion, early marriages and conflict resolution. 54 referees were trained, including 21 women.
  • Currently, 4,480 children and young people – 3,185 boys and 1,295 girls aged between 8 and 20 – regularly take part in the weekly sports activities and monthly football tournaments supervised by the qualified educators, both male and female.
  • Monthly football tournaments are organised in the camp. In all, 30 girls’ teams (U13, U15 and U20) and 60 boys’ teams (U13, U15 and U24) have been created – with an average of 20 players per team.
  • Since the project began, 40 tournaments have organised, amounting to 3,400 football matches.
  • An average of 1,000 children and young people from 8 to 20 years of age, including 300 girls, take part in the monthly tournaments.
  • Apart from football, other sports and activities are organised. 450 boys regularly do judo and 300 girls take Zumba classes.

Expected results

  • An average of 5,000 children and young people – boys and girls aged between 8 and 20 – regularly take part in the weekly sports activities and monthly football tournaments supervised by the qualified educators, both male and female.
  • Monthly football tournaments are continually organised in the camp, with an average of 1,000 children and young people aged between 8 to 20, including 300 girls, participating.

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Testimonials

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