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Launch of “Football for Schools” in Paraguay

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  • In the first stage, the project will be implemented at 100 schools across the country

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  • 30 trainers attended FIFA seminar

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  • Important leaders and officials attended the kick-off event

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Paraguay is the second country in the South American football confederation CONMEBOL and the eleventh in the world to host the programme Football for Schools is launched. Millions of boys and girls around the world are supported through the initiative of the FIFA Foundation. “It’s about making football more accessible to children by incorporating football activities into physical education curricula in each country,” said Alexandra Huete, coordinator of FIFA’s Football For Schools programme. “The program aims, among other things, to promote life skills through football, to train teachers to ensure the long-term security of the project and to strengthen cooperation between the government, associations and schools. In the case of Paraguay, around 100 schools are to be reached in this first phase become,” she adds.

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Led by Huete, the FIFA team conducted a seminar with theoretical and practical elements from 13th to 15th June for 30 national education coordinators, who led a festival with over 100 children on the last day, which acted as the official launch event. Among the guests were the President of the Paraguayan Football Federation (APF), Robert Harrison, and the country’s First Lady, Silvana López Moreira, as well as other senior government figures. This underscores the close coordination between the parties involved and the strategic importance of the program that has just been launched.

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Teachers and kids are seen during the official launch of the FIFA Football For Schools Program in Paraguay

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FIFA Football For Schools participants and authorities pose for a photo during the opening day of the workshop a the APF headquarters

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The 30 national coordinators (15 women and 15 men) were selected jointly by the APF and the Ministry of Sport (Secretaría Nacional de Deportes). According to Huete, they “play a key role in the success of the program” because they will be ultimately responsible for instructing the teachers on the F4S app and in communicating the program content to the students in the participating schools. One name stands out on the list and that is Epifanía Benítez, who coached Paraguay at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup France 2018™ and is currently in charge of the country’s U-17 women’s squad. “It’s very important to use the potential of football to strengthen certain values ​​among boys and girls. This program gives us tools like the app to help us do our job better. Now we have to use them said Benítez, who was a mentee in FIFA’s first mentoring program and is currently a mentor in the second edition.

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The FIFA team included former Paraguayan footballer Julio González Ferreira, who has faced some great challenges in his life. In late 2005, 15 months after his country won the silver medal at the Athens 2004 Olympic Football Tournament, the striker had to amputate an arm following a car accident. After the operation, he was told he would never play professional football again. But he still didn’t give up on his dream and reached his goal two years later. “Without the lessons that football has given me, I would never have been able to do it and I wouldn’t be what I am today,” explains González Ferreira, who also supports the foundation of the Italian top club Inter Milan in Asunción for children from low-income people families engaged. He had a clear message for the trainers attending the seminar: “You can make a difference. Often it is not only the skills that count, but also the attitude. You should take this into account when passing on the knowledge acquired here or directly with the work with children.”

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Paraguay’s First Lady Silvana López Moreira and APF's President Robert Harrison are seen with the Paraguay woman national team during the official launch of the FIFA Football For Schools Program in Paraguay, June 15, 2022. Photo: David Quiroga/APF—

The festival to close the event was also attended by the full women’s senior team as they prepare for the Copa America, the qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™. The players mingled with the children on the nine mini-pitches that the Paraguayan Olympic Committee soccer field was divided into, making the event unforgettable for them. “With ‘Football for Schools’ we want to make it clear that football is very important for personal development because it conveys values,” said Douglas Martínez, Development Director of the APF. “The project should not necessarily produce top players for the future, but good people for Paraguay.”

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The FIFA Foundation was established as an independent entity to help promote positive social change and to support the restoration and rebuilding of damaged or destroyed sports infrastructure around the world.

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Football for Schools (F4S) is an ambitious program launched by FIFA in partnership with UNESCO to help educate, develop and empower around 700 million children.

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