More than 145,000 children in Jordan are learning through play thanks toa partnership between the LEGO Foundation and UNICEF. Thousands of boxes with LEGO® play materials have been distributed in schools, kindergartens and Makani Centres throughout the country. The support from the LEGO Foundation to UNICEF is helping children and their parents from vulnerable districts and Syrian refugees. “UNICEF is delighted to partner with the LEGO Foundation to promote quality learning and provide psychosocial support for vulnerable children in classrooms and in their communities across Jordan,” said Robert Jenkins, Representative,…
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Per Mertesacker launches new coaching programme with Save the Children in Jordan
The Arsenal Foundation and Save the Children combine expertise to empower and protect children in the world’s toughest places Former Arsenal Captain and new Arsenal Academy Manager, Per Mertesacker, has recently returned from Jordan where he visited Za’atari Refugee Camp to launch a new coaching programme, which has been co-developed by Arsenal and Save the Children, and funded by The Arsenal Foundation, to build vulnerable children’s courage and inner strength through football. Working as one team, Arsenal and Save the Children have combined their expertise to create a unique programme…
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