Under the patronage of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Italy Mr. Vincenzo Del Monaco and his wife Diane Del Monaco, “Armenian Caritas” and World Food Programme brought to life the dream of kids of “Emil’s Aregak Day Care Centre for Children with Multiple Disabilities” and “Little prince” day care centers.
On September 4 in Armenian Football Federation Academy of Avan the beneficiary children of these centers met the footballers of Armenian national team: Varazdat Haroyan, Gevorg Ghazaryan and Kamo Hovhannisyan. The meeting took place with the support of Armenian Football Federation. Armenian footballers not only answered the questions of kids with pleasure, but also played table-tennis and table- soccer. At the end of the meeting footballers promised to visit them.
On September 5, kids had a chance to present on The European Qualifiers 2020 match of Armenia vs Italy, and the next day kids had a unique chance of meeting all the footballers of Italy team. The meeting was presiding by Italy Football Federation President Gabrielle Gavina and head coach of Italy national team Roberto Mancini.
Italian and Armenian footballers came to the meetings with presents- balls and T-shirts with their signatures to “Armenian Caritas”, which were sold on auction during charity dinner and the money of which was transferred to “Armenian Caritas” and “Little Prince” centers.
The slogan of this campaign of inclusion awareness is “Changing lives nurturing opportunities”.