Baghdadi Capital to collaborate with the Real Madrid Foundation in the Middle East

Emilio Butragueño, Director of Institutional Relations at Real Madrid, welcomed Baihas Baghdadi, founder and executive chairman of the Baghdadi Capital family office, to present a new collaboration that reinforces the Real Madrid Foundation's commitment to teaching values through sport in the Middle East. This agreement guarantees the continuity of the Foundation's social sports school in Lebanon and will see the Foundation's methodology implemented in two new social sports projects in Syria.

The Real Madrid Foundation's social sports school in Lebanon, together with the Frateli Foundation, is located in the Rmeileh refugee camp, near the Syrian border. This project seeks to strengthen opportunities for refugee children, supporting their access to and adaptation to the country's education system.

While in Syria, the Real Madrid Foundation's own methodology, For a REAL education: Values and sport, will be implemented through partnerships with local NGOs already operating in the country, providing training, educational materials and a structured model that guarantees support for vulnerable children, without the need to build sports facilities.

Sport as a tool
Butragueño thanked Baghdadi Capital for its deep commitment to the Foundation's social work, "so that these projects can grow solidly and reach more and more children. Once again, we have shown that sport is a powerful tool, capable of opening doors even in the most complex environments."

For his part, Baihas Baghdadi, founder and executive chairman of Baghdadi Capital, said that "with this agreement, Real Madrid shows that it is not only the greatest team in the world, but also the most generous. Collaborations such as ours make it possible to help communities at risk of marginalisation, such as Syria, which has just emerged from a 14-year war and whose society is in dire need of programmes such as those offered by the Foundation."