This April, we are raising funds for The Arsenal Foundation to support our Coaching for Life programme, run in partnership with Save the Children in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan.
Coaching for Life uses the power of football to build a sense of belonging and impact the physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of children who fled their homes since the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011.
When Coaching for Life started in 2018, just a handful of girls took part. Today, an equal number of girls and boys graduate from the programme, and we continue to move towards a gender-transformative approach in the camp, where girls and boys work together to address deep-rooted stereotypes.