The series of «Open Football Lessons», developed by the Ukrainian Association of Football specifically for western regions of Ukraine during our people's heroic struggle against occupiers, continues.

Photo by the press service of UAF

Today, this football event for children who are temporarily displaced due to military actions in Chernivtsi Oblast and Bukovynian schoolchildren took place at the Chernivtsi Football Stadium «Hat-Trick Arena», gathering students from five Bukovynian educational institutions.

Photo by the press service of UAF

Children were greeted during the football lessons by project coordinator from UAF, Yevheniy Stolitenko, project coordinators from AFCO Oleksandr Plakhov and Vasyl Balanюk, as well as Deputy Head of Education Department of Chernivtsi City Council Denis Krugletsky.

Photo by the press service of UAF

We remind you that the general goal of the new «Open Football Lessons» project is to support children who are temporarily displaced in western regions of Ukraine, unaccompanied children, orphans and other vulnerable children affected by war.

Photo by the press service of UAF

Currently, the project is being implemented in seven regions of Ukraine — Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi and Chernivtsi Oblasts.