he UEFA Foundation for Children board of trustees held its twice yearly meeting at UEFA headquarters last Wednesday. Chaired by Aleksander Čeferin, it decided to allocate funding to 64 projects, as part of the foundation’s mission to defend vulnerable children’s rights around the world so that they can look forward to a better future.

Most projects use sport, and in particular football, to address topics such as access to sports and recreation, physical and mental health, education, integration and many other societal issues.

In accordance with the board’s decision, half of the budget is allocated to European projects (28) and the other half to projects in the rest of the world (36).

Andrea Radrizzani, UEFA Foundation for Children board member said:

“The UEFA Foundation has selected 64 projects to support NGOs across 71 countries, all of them are aligned with our vision to empower children’s education, and gender equality and inspire new generations through the power of football.”

 

List of NGOs selected from the 2023 call for project.

 

Partner	Countries
EUROPE
Save the Children Albania	Albania
NGO Bridge of Hope	Armenia
Kicken ohne Grenzen	Austria
Children’s Football Alliance	Belgium, Italy, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland
Royal Europa '90 Kraainem Football Club	Belgium
OFK BIHAC	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Association for Sport, Recreation and Education – Youth Games	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia
Children of Prisoners Europe	Europe
Bibliothèques Sans Frontières	France
Spirit of Football e.V.	Germany
Orama Neon YOUTHORAMA NGO	Greece
Oltalom Sport Association	Hungary
Amigos for Children Foundation	Hungary
The Icelandic Youth Association	Iceland
A New Way	Israel
Calciosociale ssdrl	Italy
KFV Prishtina	Kosovo
Vilnius social club	Lithuania
NGO Parents	Montenegro
Stichting Het Gehandicapte Kind	Netherlands
Stowarzyszenie Trenuj Bycie Dobrym	Poland
United Way Romania	Romania
Development Center for Youth	Serbia
Fundación Grandes Valores (Fútbal Más Foundation)	Spain
Bonyan Organization	Turkey and Syria
Big Hearts Community Trust	United Kingdom
Klitschko Foundation	Ukraine
Around Football	Ukraine
REST OF THE WORLD
AFRICA
Malaika	Democratic Republic of Congo
Terre des Hommes, Egypt	Egypt
Power for the People	Kenya
Mathare Youth Sports Association	Kenya
Association TIBU Maroc	Morocco
Cross Cultures Project Association	Nigeria
AKA (Association Kenskoazell Afrika)	Senegal
Samusocial International	Senegal
AMANDLA Ku Lutsha T/A AMANDLA Social Enterprises	South Africa
Karibu Tanzania Organization	Tanzania
Fondation Khuon	Zimbabwe
OCEANIA
All In: Girls Play	Pacific Islands
ASIA
Action for Development	Afghanistan
Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan	Afghanistan
SALT Academy	Cambodia
Plan International Hong Kong	China
Krida Vikas Sanstha (SlumSoccer)	India
ASA Foundation	Indonesia
Association Football Development Programme Global	Jordan
Tawazon Initiative for Development	Lebanon
University of Milano-Bicocca – MaRHE Center	Maldives
Atoot	Nepal
Palestine: Sports for Life	Palestine
FundLife International	Philippines
Help Without Frontiers	Thailand
The Football Association of Norway/Football for All in Vietnam (NFF/FFAV)	Vietnam
Medair	Yemen
CENTRAL AMERICA
GOLEES Foundation	Costa Rica
Johan Cruyff Foundation	Curaçao
Asociación de Maestros de Educación Temprana Plantando Semillas	Guatemala
Educate	Honduras
SOUTH AMERICA
Asociacion Civil Andar	Argentina
love.fútbol Brasil	Brazil
WAPA International	Colombia
Scort Foundation	Ecuador
NGO Mama Alice	Peru

 

The next board meeting will be held in Athens on Wednesday 29 May.

The next call for project is scheduled for June/July 2024.