FIFA Foundation's 'Playing for Peace' Initiative Launches Second Year in Dhaka

• The FIFA Foundation Community Programme 2025-26 has launched its second year in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with the initiative 'Playing for Peace: Empowering Dreams Through Soccer'.
• The program aims to provide 1,100 children and teenagers with free year-round football training, life-skills education, and mentorship.
• The initiative is locally implemented by the Ovizatrik Foundation, the first Bangladeshi social organization to partner with the FIFA Foundation.

Program Objectives

• Fostering social inclusion for children and adolescents.
• Building mental resilience, self-confidence, and discipline.
• Developing leadership qualities through organized training and tournaments.
• Using football as a universal language to transcend social, racial, and religious barriers.

Implementation and Leadership

• The launch event took place at the Gulshan Youth Club Football Turf.
• Key attendees included representatives from the Prime Minister’s office, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), Gulshan Youth Club, and the Ovizatrik Foundation.
• The BFF and local leadership emphasized the shift from football as merely a competitive sport to a mechanism for positive social change.