UEFA Foundation awards ceremony
At a ceremony in Nyon, Switzerland, the UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin was joined by members of the foundation’s board of trustees – Chairman José Manuel Durão Barroso, Viviane Reding, Norman Darmanin Demajo and Sándor Csányi – in presenting the 2016 awards.
The inaugural winners are:
streetfootballworld: a network that unites more than 100 community organisations behind a common goal – changing the world through football.
Colombianitos: a body striving to raise the quality of life of children and young people and their communities, through sport, recreation, education and health.
Just Play: a programme that improves the lives of children in the Pacific region through football.
Right To Play: an initiative using the power of play to educate and empower children to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict and disease in disadvantaged communities.
Magic Bus: a scheme that steers children towards a better life with better awareness, better life skills and better opportunities in the journey from childhood to livelihood.
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