Visiting kids
Saturday, October 5, 2019
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Parimatch Foundation partnered up with Shakhtar Social in organizing training sessions for children with disabilities in 4 locations in Ukraine
The foundations have joined efforts as part of the Come On, Let’s Play! project (Shakhtar Social) and Yes, I can! (Parimatch Foundation). Inclusive training sessions for 120 children will be held in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, and Lviv. In each city or town, there will be 2 groups of 15 kids with disabilities and mentally retarded children.
Bolbat and Matviienko visiting children
On October 5, a joint project was opened at the Gymnasium A+ venue in Kyiv. Shakhtar footballers Serhii Bolbat and Mykola Matviienko came to visit the children, played football with them and took an active part in the training session.
Bolbat and Matviienko visiting children
On October 5, a joint project was opened at the Gymnasium A+ venue in Kyiv. Shakhtar footballers Serhii Bolbat and Mykola Matviienko came to visit the children, played football with them and took an active part in the training session.
A photo with Serhii Bolbat
“We enjoyed it so much and got many positive impressions! All the children wear Shakhtar kits, run around and rejoice, play football, and this is the most important thing,” said Mykola Matviienko. “It’s good that FC Shakhtar helps the kids - this is the right approach. I know that the grounds opened at 4 locations. We will come to the children and give them some positive emotions!”
Mykola Matviienko: “We will come to the children and give them some positive emotions!”
After the event, Matviienko and Bolbat handed the kids gifts from Shakhtar Social, had pictures taken with everyone and signed autographs.
“The Come On, Let’s Play! deliver excellent results. The project is expanding all the time. Children really like football, thanks to the game they better socialize and move forward. And the emotion brought by the opportunity of running with a professional football player is just one - happiness. At each training session, the kids ask if Shakhtar players will come soon, this is a long-awaited and joyful day for them,” the children's coach Maksym Krupenin said.
Attention children and their parents! Those who wish to play football in inclusive groups can contact Shakhtar Social at [email protected].
“Shakhtar Social and Parimatch Foundation have the same vision for the future. We create conditions so that children, regardless of their physical and mental abilities, could play football. With coaches, the necessary equipment and, most importantly, free of charge,” Inna Khmyzova, the director of Shakhtar Social, commented on the start of the partnership.
Representative of the Parimatch Foundation in Ukraine Vadym Misyura:
“The Come On, Let’s Play! deliver excellent results. The project is expanding all the time. Children really like football, thanks to the game they better socialize and move forward. And the emotion brought by the opportunity of running with a professional football player is just one - happiness. At each training session, the kids ask if Shakhtar players will come soon, this is a long-awaited and joyful day for them,” the children's coach Maksym Krupenin said.
Attention children and their parents! Those who wish to play football in inclusive groups can contact Shakhtar Social at [email protected].
“Shakhtar Social and Parimatch Foundation have the same vision for the future. We create conditions so that children, regardless of their physical and mental abilities, could play football. With coaches, the necessary equipment and, most importantly, free of charge,” Inna Khmyzova, the director of Shakhtar Social, commented on the start of the partnership.
Representative of the Parimatch Foundation in Ukraine Vadym Misyura:
“For the Parimatch Foundation, the development of sports for children with disabilities is one of the top priorities. In the framework of the Yes, I Can! programme, this is the second project aimed at helping talented children with disabilities. Jointly with Shakhtar Social, we make football wide-spread and affordable to all groups of children. This is the major mission of the project.”
Vadym Misyura: “Jointly with Shakhtar Social, we make football wide-spread and affordable to all children”
It should be noted that in Kyiv and Kharkiv, groups as part of the partnership between Shakhtar Social and the Parimatch Foundation are additional, while in Poltava and Lviv, football training for children with disabilities will be implemented for the first time ever.
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