October 6-7 at the physical education faculty stadium of the Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after V. Vinnichenko (rector Yevgen Sobol, dean Anatoliy Turchak), 125 boys and girls from 13 educational institutions in Kryvyi Rih gathered to participate in a children's football festival — "Open Football Lessons."

Photos by the press service of the UAF

The implementation of the project by the Ukrainian Football Association, supported by UEFA's Children's Fund and the Cross-Cultural Projects Association in Kryvyi Rih was made possible thanks to the efforts of the Kirovohrad Oblast Football Association (chairman Viktor Bezsmertnyy, volunteer leaders Oleksiy Kravchenko and Oleksiy Kovalev).

Photos by the press service of the UAF

The local youth and sports administration (Andriy Shchetina), city education department (Larisa Kostenko) and youth and sports department (Vyacheslav Gurskyi), as well as the City Center for Professional Development of Educational Workers (Oksana Striukova), also joined in organizing the event.

Photos by the press service of the UAF

Special thanks to the volunteers who worked directly with children and shared emotions and a good mood with them: Dmytro Yshchenko, Yevgen Snyserenko, Dmytro Rudenko, Roman Matyiko, Marina Mira, Yaroslav Vasylyev, Oleksandr Zolotonoshenko, Oleg Bilobabchenko, Andriy Yshchenko, Vyacheslav Dokhtenko. A special thank you to the head of the public relations management of the Kirovohrad Oblast Police Patrol Service Oksana Bilobrova for helping children acquire new safety knowledge necessary in everyday life.

All of them ensured the main result of this football festival — happiness, satisfaction and wild emotions of the children!