Come On, Let’s Play! in Kyiv: ground for kids with disabilities
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
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Shakhtar Social has opened a ground for training children with disabilities in Kyiv
First one in the capital
The ground in Kyiv is the first one where children with mental disorders, locomotor system issues, impaired eyesight and developmental delays can play football. In the capital, the project partner is the Academy of Modern Education A+, which will be used for training sessions with the support of Ukraine’s National Assembly of People with Disabilities.
- We’ve been in partnership with FC Shakhtar for several years now, so we were delighted to join the Come On, Let’s Play! social project in order to support the children willing to do sports, - says the A+ Academy CEO Tatyana Kurmaz. - I really hope that this initiative will be developed and that Shakhtar’s expertise will serve as a great example for other football clubs and philanthropists. After all, there are so many children in need of special attention.
- We are glad that our friends, the Shakhtar Social foundation, have offered children to play football, - pointed out Olena Hryb, a representative of the National Assembly of People with Disabilities of Ukraine. - For guys, this is a huge plus, because apart from getting physical development, they also learn to work in a team, improving discipline and integrating into the real game. Children and their parents are just happy that such training sessions have become available.
Miners at the opening
The first training was attended by 25 children. Shakhtar coaches Nuno Campos and Antonio Ferreira, along with the team players Andrii Totovytskyi and Olarenwaju Kayode, came to exercise with them. The star guests performed exercises together with the kids, encouraged them and showed everything by personal example. In the end, the guys received gifts and autographs and had a joint photo taken.
- This project is very important. It’s a great honour for us to bring such joyful and pleasant impressions to the guys. They love football and deserve to experience some wonderful emotions that the game gives us, - says Nuno Campos, the assistant coach at Shakhtar. - This day, of course, will be long remembered by the kids. Today, they are just happy!
- I’m pleased that we met with the children and managed to pass to them some warmth and love not only from ourselves but also from the whole team, - the Shakhtar striker Larry Kayode shares his feelings. - It was nice to see them smile. We came to make the guys a little bit happier, and it looks like we managed to do so. It's great that the club is engaged in such projects.
Training sessions for 30 children will be held on Saturdays and Sundays. Besides Kyiv, grounds for children with disabilities have been opened in Mariupol and Ivano-Frankivsk.
The ground in Kyiv is the first one where children with mental disorders, locomotor system issues, impaired eyesight and developmental delays can play football. In the capital, the project partner is the Academy of Modern Education A+, which will be used for training sessions with the support of Ukraine’s National Assembly of People with Disabilities.
- We’ve been in partnership with FC Shakhtar for several years now, so we were delighted to join the Come On, Let’s Play! social project in order to support the children willing to do sports, - says the A+ Academy CEO Tatyana Kurmaz. - I really hope that this initiative will be developed and that Shakhtar’s expertise will serve as a great example for other football clubs and philanthropists. After all, there are so many children in need of special attention.
- We are glad that our friends, the Shakhtar Social foundation, have offered children to play football, - pointed out Olena Hryb, a representative of the National Assembly of People with Disabilities of Ukraine. - For guys, this is a huge plus, because apart from getting physical development, they also learn to work in a team, improving discipline and integrating into the real game. Children and their parents are just happy that such training sessions have become available.
Miners at the opening
The first training was attended by 25 children. Shakhtar coaches Nuno Campos and Antonio Ferreira, along with the team players Andrii Totovytskyi and Olarenwaju Kayode, came to exercise with them. The star guests performed exercises together with the kids, encouraged them and showed everything by personal example. In the end, the guys received gifts and autographs and had a joint photo taken.
- This project is very important. It’s a great honour for us to bring such joyful and pleasant impressions to the guys. They love football and deserve to experience some wonderful emotions that the game gives us, - says Nuno Campos, the assistant coach at Shakhtar. - This day, of course, will be long remembered by the kids. Today, they are just happy!
- I’m pleased that we met with the children and managed to pass to them some warmth and love not only from ourselves but also from the whole team, - the Shakhtar striker Larry Kayode shares his feelings. - It was nice to see them smile. We came to make the guys a little bit happier, and it looks like we managed to do so. It's great that the club is engaged in such projects.
Training sessions for 30 children will be held on Saturdays and Sundays. Besides Kyiv, grounds for children with disabilities have been opened in Mariupol and Ivano-Frankivsk.
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