Shakhtar and Parimatch Foundation: a ground for kids in Poltava

On the morning of March 1st, coinciding with the Vorskla vs Shakhtar matchday in Poltava, Shakhtar’s first assistant manager Vitor Severino, the goalkeeping coach Antonio Ferreira, and the defender Vitao attended a training for children with disabilities that was held at the gymnasium of the Poltava secondary school No. 5. The guests played football with the kids, signed autographs, presented gifts and held a small photo shoot together with a representative of the Parimatch Foundation in Ukraine Vadym Misyura.
 
Sessions for the kids with special needs are held in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, and Poltava in partnership with Shakhtar Social and the Parimatch Foundation who have teamed up as part of their projects of Come On, Let’s Play! and Yes, I Can! The total number of participants is 120. In each city, they have 2 groups of 15 children.

Vitor Severino, Shakhtar’s first assistant manager:
 
“We are pleased to attend such events! FC Shakhtar, Shakhtar Social and the Parimatch Foundation are implementing a really important initiative that benefits children and society as a whole. When you see the joy children get from training, you get filled with positive emotions, so we will always support this activity.”
 
Yekaterina Belorusskaya, Chairwoman of the Parimatch Foundation:
 
“For the Parimatch Foundation, the socialization of children through their inclusion in doing sports and physical activities is very important. Poltava has become the third city in the framework of the Yes, I Can! programme. And it’s great that at this school, students have become volunteers. The key mission of the project is to make training and physical activities as accessible as possible for the children with special needs throughout Ukraine.”
 
We want to remind you that those who wish to play football in inclusive groups can contact Shakhtar Social at [email protected].