Photo: Barca Foundation
The Spanish soccer player contributed 50 thousand euros to the Movement of the Ground foundation, in order to provide well-being for refugee children on the Greek island.
This Friday, the FC Barcelona footballer Aitana Bonmatí, winner of the MVP of the final of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, announced the donation of the 50 thousand euros of its award to the NGO Movement of the Ground to support refugee children on the island of Lesbos, Greece, in order to promote gender equality and the inclusion of children through sport.
The Catalan footballer took advantage of her rest period to visit Lesbos and learn first-hand about the situation of the refugee children who live there. “I hope that this donation helps refugee girls to improve their situation and their emotional well-being through sports ”, said Aitana in a public act held in the box of the Camp Nou stadium.
Aitana, 23, and European champion, is also an ambassador for the Barca Foundation, which together with the UEFA Foundation For Children, made a donation to this movement that since 2016 has been looking after the well-being of refugee children from Lesbos. The Women’s Champions League MVP award has been awarded by Visa since 2019 to the best player in each final.
Jackie Willcox from VISA explained: “We congratulate Aitana Bonmatí for her victory. One of the main reasons why we sponsor women’s football is to promote gender equality and social inclusion, so we are delighted that Aitana has chosen to deliver our donation to a charity that shares these goals “.
Adil Izemrane, co-founder of Movimiento on the Ground, thanked VISA and Aitana Bonmatí for the donation and commented that “It will allow many more refugee girls to have a safe place to practice sports and forget, for a few hours a week, the situation they live in the largest refugee camp in Europe”.
Aitana Bonmati was featured in the Women’s Champions League final by scoring one of FC Barcelona’s 4 goals against Chelsea in Gothenburg, Sweden. Visa named her MVP of the final and her decision was to donate the 50 thousand euros to the NGO Movement of the Ground which offers sports programs with refugee children and youth arriving on the island of Lesbos.
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