C-license UAFF with EORE elements: training on the risk of explosive items
The Association of Amateur Football of Ukraine in cooperation with the Ukrainian Football Association and the Spirit of Soccer organization is initiating a project dedicated to raising public awareness about the risks of explosive items through football.
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The Association of Amateur Football in Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Football Association and the organization Spirit of Soccer, is initiating a project aimed at raising public awareness about the risks of explosive ordnance through football. The first stage of the project involves conducting a coaching course under the UAF C-license program, which for the first time will include a module on "EORE: education regarding explosive ordnance risks."
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The overall goal is to use the program to educate children in areas affected by mines in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Chernivtsi (due to a large number of internally displaced persons) about explosive ordnance risks (EORE).
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The main goal at the beginning of the program is to train 30 coaches and select the best from designated regions for further implementation of the program in their respective locations.
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On September 3, the launch of the program took place. Among those who attended were First Vice President of the Ukrainian Football Association Oleg Protasov, UEFA mass football commission member Oleksandr Kadchenko, founder of Spirit of Soccer Scott Lee, Moldovan Football Federation development manager Oleg Molchanov, and FC "Left Bank" president Mykola Lavrenko.
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Scott Lee explained the importance of this initiative: "Our program has effectively reduced child casualties and mortality for over 25 years by providing life-saving EORE messages through professional football coaching programs in 14 war-affected countries, reaching more than one million children. After implementing EORE programs in Bosnia and Kosovo (from 1996 to 2001), I never thought I would be involved in such programs again in Europe." (Currently, SOS is running four football EORE programs in Cambodia, Laos, Colombia, and Iraq, reaching 80,000 players per year. Ukraine will be the 15th country to adopt this program.)
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The project is supported by the US State Department, which works to reduce harmful effects caused by dangerous, illegally disseminated, and indiscriminate use of military weapons.
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