Interactive Activity Report 2018/19
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ACTIVITY REPORT 2018/19 3 Editorial 4 Inside the foundation Editorial IMPRESSUM 6 New projects in Africa Over the past year, the UEFA Foundation for Children, which uses foot- Nations, has expressed a wish to assist the UEFA Foundation for EDITORIAL ball as a vehicle to help children and protect their rights, has sub- Children with projects in Guinea and Gambia. Tania Baima, Eileen Herrick, Cyril Pellevat, Pascal Torres 12 New projects in Asia stantially increased the level of funding it has available to support its PHOTOS projects. I am grateful to the foundation’s trustees, the national associ- Under these three pillars, the foundation has directly supported 45 new Action for Development ations and the UEFA authorities for supporting the foundation’s work. projects. This year, the foundation has continued to help national foot- New projects in Europe ActionAid Hellas ball associations fulfil their role within their communities. Through 16 AFRANE AMANDLA To meet the demands of the modern world and respect the founda- the national associations, it has contributed to 22 other projects that Amp Futbol Polska tion’s mandate, we have laid out a three-pillar strategy for the years ahead. are designed to help children and safeguard their rights. 26 New projects in the Americas Ayuda en Acción Baan Dek Foundation I am delighted that UEFA’s partners have agreed to back this strategy. Cross Cultures Project Association (CCPA) With the help of all the foundation trustees, we will continue to Equalizer programme 29 Project in Oceania European Football for Development Network (EFDN) The first pillar is continued support for general development pro- strengthen the foundation’s activities by increasing our efficiency Everton in the Community grammes based on sport, in particular football. This type of project and our positive impact for the benefit of children and their families. Fabretto Children’s Foundation accounts for more than half of our activities across the world. 30 2019 UEFA Foundation FedEx Fight for Peace International Having had the opportunity to be personally involved in various pro- for Children Awards Fondaction du Football The second pillar involves supporting activities aimed at helping jects, I have seen with my own eyes that football is an extremely Football Is More Fundación Red Deporte y Cooperación victims of conflict, particularly refugees. Numerous stakeholders powerful tool. Whether it is in refugee camps across the world, the Futebol dá força fundação have contributed to our work by helping build artificial football troubled suburbs of European cities or forgotten conflict zones, all 32 Sponsors Genesis Project Giovanni van Bronckhorst Foundation pitches in Jordan, carrying out projects in Greece and Turkey, and the activities supported by the UEFA Foundation for Children have Grootbos Green Futures Foundation collecting and distributing equipment. strengthened my desire to see European football assume its role in 34 With UEFA IMBEWU the social development of young people all over the world. Indochina Starfish Foundation (ISF) Inter Futura S.r.l. The third pillar is the promotion of youth employment through foot- Kia Motors ball. Our European partners have also supported this innovative 37 The foundation in numbers Kick it Out Kick mit approach to helping young people, and I am pleased that the Inter- ALEKSANDER ČEFERIN Stories of change Kick4Life national Trade Centre, which has a joint mandate with the United Chairman of the UEFA Foundation for Children Kicken ohne Grenzen Klitschko Foundation Financial report Lay’s 38 Libre Vue Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) Newcastle United Foundation 40 Spreading the word Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Oltalom Sport Association (OSA) Oscar Foundation Plan International UK 42 Acknowledgements Planète Enfants & Développement Play for Change PluSport Right to Play Royal Europa 90 Kraainem FC Sacred Sports Foundation Inc. Shakhtar Social SIMAVI Skola Fudbala Respekt Sport dans la Ville Step Up Orphan Opportunity Centre streetfootballworld Swiss Academy for Development Terre des hommes Italy UEFA UEFA Foundation for Children PRINTING UEFA GRAPHICS AND LAYOUT CO Créations sàrl The UEFA Foundation for Children’s activity report is accessible to the public. Downloading or copying content, images, photos or any other data does not constitute any transfer of rights regarding the downloaded material. Copyright and any other rights relating to content, images, photos, or any other data available in the UEFA Foundation for Children’s activity report are the exclusive property of the UEFA Foundation for Children or of any other explicitly mentioned rights owner. Any reproduction requires the prior written consent of the copyright holder. ACTIVITY REPORT 2018/19 3 INSIDE THE FOUNDATION Inside the foundation Set up in 2015, the UEFA Foundation for Children continues to To support the implementation of this strategy, the foundation: grow. Given the results of the foundation’s activities thus far, • launched a partnership with the International Trade Centre (ITC) the decision was made to strengthen its capacity to act across and new projects with FedEx to promote employment; the globe. • launched partnerships with various stakeholders in Greece and Turkey, such as the Turkish Football Federation, and provided The first step was to increase the size of the board of trustees, with support for projects with Lay’s and Kia, for programmes to help two new members joining in November 2018: victims of conflicts; • Snežana Samardžić-Marković, director general of democracy at • distributed basic sports equipment across the globe. the Council of Europe, • Wladimir Klitschko, former professional boxer and founder of the Furthermore, the foundation decided to support 45 new projects in Klitschko Foundation. November 2018, in addition to 22 specific projects put forward by the national football associations. In May 2019, all members of the board of trustees agreed to serve new four-year terms. The chairman, Aleksander Čeferin, was unan- The foundation continues to promote equal opportunities through imously re-elected. the use of football as an awareness and information tool. To further this institutional strengthening, UEFA, the foundation’s As an example, all the children escorting the players on to the pitch parent organisation, decided to increase the project funding budget during the opening ceremony of the UEFA Europa League final in by 110%, following a decision by the Executive Committee. Baku were girls. Spreading a message of equality, they represented young female football fans across the world! Thanks to these measures, the foundation has been able to bolster its various strategic objectives and add to its existing partnerships. The foundation continued to work with its partners on impact assess- The foundation’s overall strategy has been distilled into three main ments and monitoring tools to ensure the quality of the projects areas of focus for the projects it wishes to support: for the beneficiaries. • promoting employment through sport, especially football; ICONS • supporting victims of conflict; The foundation is already making plans for 2020! The 2020 UEFA EURO • supporting general development programmes through sport, in will be the perfect opportunity to undertake numerous initiatives for particular football. children across Europe. Access to sport Health and disability Personal development Gender equality Advocacy and children’s rights Victims of conflicts Infrastructure Employability DISTRIBUTION OF THE FUNDING Projects per continent Number of Proportion of total (rounded up) countries costs funded Africa 12 (16.3%) 12 21.6% Americas 4 (5.4%) 5 5.7% Asia 8 (10.8%) 7 9.5% Europe 48 (64.9%) 31 59.5% UEFA Foundation for Children board of trustees Oceania 1 (1.4%) 11 3.6% 4 ACTIVITY REPORT 2018/19 5 NEW PROJECTS IN AFRICA 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 9 7 8 9 10 11 2 1 10 3 In collaboration with the South Sudan Football Association, the populated and chronic diseases such as malaria, cholera, tuberculosis 58,785 and dysentery are easily spread. BENEFICIARIES OF 8 CCPA contributes to peace and reconciliation across ethnic divides, THE NEW PROJECTS Young people and children under 18 are the most likely to contract focusing in particular on the integration of school dropouts. HIV/AIDS or engage in crime, drugs or alcohol due to a lack of edu- New projects in Africa 7 cation, income-generating opportunities, and cultural norms and practices that hinder their social and economic development. 6 Eleven new projects were selected and approved by the board of trustees on 29 November 2018. Africa faces many issues, including female genital mutilation (FGM), child marriage, refugees, MYSA uses sports to engender broad socioeconomic development, 4 HIV/AIDS, sanitation, and education. The foundation has chosen to provide its support to the 5 11 while also effecting positive social change. It has continued to use following projects tackling these issues. sports activities, particularly football, as innovative and effective ways to get young people involved in helping themselves and their communities. VICTIMS OF CONFLICTS Educational activities are provided on topics such as alcohol and drug abuse, child marriage and early pregnancy, HIV/AIDS prevention, Civil war in South Sudan has led to the largest refugee crisis in psychosocial awareness, and hygiene. GENDER EQUALITY Africa, and two-thirds of those forced to flee their homes are children. As a result of the war, many refugees suffer from severe