Welcome Through Football participants visit Benfica’s stadium
The young participants of Fundação Benfica’s Welcome Through Football project came to visit the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (also know as Estádio da Luz) and the Benfica Museum. At the end of the day, they were able to share experiences and get to know the life stories of Benfica athletes Eliana Bandeira and João Oliveira. It was an enriching experience for all participants and staff involved.
About Welcome Through Football
Welcome Through Football is an EFDN initiative. Current projects across Europe receive funding from the Eramus+ programme of the European Union and the UEFA Foundation for Children.
The Welcome Through Football project aims to assist in the integration and inclusion of recently arrived young refugees, asylum seekers and young people with a migrant background. EFDN and partners will develop and test a European methodology that uses football as a tool to reach refugees and migrants from different ages (7-25 years old) to get them physically and social active in European communities.
Moreover, the project assists football coaches and youth workers in the development and sharing of effective methods in reaching out to the marginalised target group, in preventing racism and intolerance.
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