"I am an example of how a kid can…
#GirlsCan
During FIFA Women’s World Cup,
One Goal joined the #GirlsCan campaign
To promote the message that:
When #GirlsCan join in and play football, everybody wins.
When #GirlsCan play, they can dream of bigger future for themselves.
When #GirlsCan participate in sport, they get to be children—to learn, play and laugh.
When #GirlsCan join, both boys and girls can learn teamwork transforming gender norms and promoting equality.
When #GirlsCan discover their power on the field, they unlock their potential off the field.
When #GirlsCan play, everybody wins!
~ PHILIPPINES ~
Girls at a three-day youth football festival in Manila for the launch of One Goal Philippines—
a local campaign of the One Goal movement that leverages football to tackle child malnutrition.
~ JORDAN ~
Girls and boys—young Syrian refugees—in Zaatari refugee camp and Al Sareeh took part in a football tournament, organised by the Asian Football Development Project and the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to mark World Refugee Day 2014.
- Eight girls and boys teams, a total of 1500 participants, participated!
- The tournament also included support activities to help the young refugees respond to the challenges
posed by their displacement, and the impact of the conflict in Syria on their lives.
4GGL thanks Global Citizen for this story!
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