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Foundation beneficiaries in Ukraine take part in summer camp

Epicentr for Children, partner in Ukraine, hosts these events for a hundred children.
Foundation beneficiaries in Ukraine take part in summer camp
NEWS.

The NGO Epicentr for Children, the Real Madrid Foundation's partner in Ukraine and beneficiary of the campaign “All with Ukraine”, has hosted a summer camp for the young people enrolled in the Ukrainian social sports schools with the support of Epicentr K. The Polytechnic Leisure centre -2 in the town of Slavske, in the Leópolis region Lviv, welcomed 100 beneficiaries from Irpin, Kyiv, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi. Joined by their football and basketball coaches, local coordinators, psychologists and social workers, the goal was to create a space for recovery and leisure in order to distract them from the atmosphere of conflict in the country.
 
The activities were designed around the Real Madrid Foundation's "For a Real Education - values and sport" methodology, working day by day on the range of values instilled by the organisation's schools and educational and interventional social sport projects. The program included a football tournament and training sessions, psychology workshops, games based on communication and intellect and tourist trips around the Cárpatos area.
 
Football tournament
Coinciding with the Copa Alma Europa 2022 which took place at Real Madrid City, where tribute was paid to the absent schools, a social sports football tournament was held, attended by the president of Epicentr for Children, Yaroslav Nestorovych, and board member, Andriy Karikov. They were joined by the city's mayor and the head of the Lviv Regional Council, who lent their support to the event. They also had the chance to witness first-hand the sporting nature and strong values which the Real Madrid Foundation is able to instil among the beneficiaries of its social sports schools in Ukraine.
 
The Real Madrid Foundation launched the "All with Ukraine" campaign in March in order to help cater for the needs of the country's refugee population. Epicentr for children has continued to aid the beneficiaries of its social sports schools and their families through face-to-face and online activities, in particular from its facilities at the school in Ternópil. There, they are still collecting and distributing food and sourcing personnel to assist with logistical elements of evacuation, from affected areas to the border with Poland. The campaign will remain in force for as long as it is necessary in order to provide direct donation possibilities.