31.10.2008 13:44
Foundation reaches 25,000 children
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After two years of hectic activity, the Fundació FC Barcelona has set up almost fifteen projects around the world, reaching out to some 25,000 underprivileged children.
Helping children in need has been one of the main objectives of FC Barcelona’s foundation in
recent years, when the Board of Directors decided to move it in a new direction and convert into
the heart and soul of the club.
The club is now reviewing the last two years, and has done so in the form of a meeting with
the press to focus on issues related to solidarity and corporate social responsibility, attended by
the likes of
Vice president Alfons Godall and the director general of the Foundation, Marta Segú. After
presenting some of the work being done Segú said she was delighted with the way things have gone so
far and with the projects they have in line for the future. We are undertaking rigorous and serious
corporate social responsibility” she said.
Barça’s own programmes
During this period, the Foundation has been working in almost fifteen
projects, through its International Network of Solidarity Centres (XICS) and Solidarity Sports Days
(JES). Also, its ‘Sport and Citizenship’ programme has helped the Foundation promote
educational, cultural, scientific and social initiatives.
The club has developed a total of fourteen projects (XICS and JES) that are now operational
around the world, helping around 25,000 vulnerable boys and girls that are at risk of social
exclusion in some of the most underdeveloped parts of the planet. Speaking about this, the vice
president of the Social Area, Alfons Godall, stated “the Foundation is the tool Barça uses to
express its social commitments to the rest of the world, we don’t just speak, but do things
as well.”
United Nations Agreements
All of these programmes support Barça’s other action area, which
are those based on collaborations with the United Nations through trendsetting alliances with
UNICEF, UNESCO and UNHCR/ACNUR, in an effort to help 23,000 children all around the world.
As a result of the UNESCO agreement, the Foundation has developed a program called “The
voice of young people against racism”, the conclusions of which will be presented on November
6 to the European Parliament.