Within the framework of a partnership project between the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and the All-Ukrainian Foundation "Child Rights Protection", the "Open Football Lessons" initiative provided psychosocial support to children affected by the war, both internally displaced children and local ones, in Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast.

The project was hosted by the local FC "Mykolaiv" and its president, community council member Mykhailo Opryshko, as well as the director of the Sports School for Young Athletes Roman Chen. The football component of the project was provided by the Lviv Football Association under the leadership of the Ukrainian Football Association (UAF).

Photo courtesy of the UAF press service

Project coordinators Yevheniy Stolitenko and Stepan Ponaeda presented participating teams with a large number of footballs and sports equipment, as well as to each child—football shirts, baseball caps, bracelets, certificates for the project, and drawing kits.

We remind you that "Open Football Lessons" also include components of psychological support and training in safe behavior during wartime and its aftermath—minimizing risks from explosive hazards, mines, emergencies, etc.

Within the framework of this partnership project, they are scheduled as follows:

July 9 — Lviv Oblast, Mykolaiv;

July 12 — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Galych;

July 14 — Lviv Oblast, Busky;

July 28 — Chernivtsi Oblast, Storozhynets Hromada, Zrub-Komarivsky;

July 30 — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Nadworna;

August 21 — Chernivtsi Oblast, Storozhynets Hromada, Panka.