UEFA announced on Friday that together with its Children’s Foundation it has made an initial donation of 200,000 euros to support aid to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria and that a minute’s silence will be observed at the start of their matches. week. For its part, the Premier League will also allocate one million pounds (1.2 million euros) to those affected by the devastating earthquake.
UEFA details that it donated €150,000 to the Turkish Federation and its Foundation gave €50,000 to the Bonyan and Tiafi Organization (Team international Assistance for Integration), two non-governmental entities working to help those affected by the earthquake. , that they caused more than 20,000 deaths.
UEFA also indicated that it is coordinating the efforts of its member associations to contribute to a joint UEFA-UEFA Foundation disaster relief fund.
The organization’s president, the Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin, said that “UEFA is making this initial donation to help the immediate humanitarian response to this terrible tragedy” and thanked the federations “for their quick and compassionate reaction and the support offered to those affected by this terrible event.”
The finals of the Champions League in Istanbul
Ceferin said he is also looking at organizing additional fundraising activities during the week of this season’s Champions League finals, which will take place at Istanbul’s Olimpico Atatürk stadium on June 10.
As a mark of respect for the victims of the earthquake, UEFA also confirmed that a minute’s silence will be observed before the start of all Champions League, Europa League and Conference League matches held next week.
The Premier, unity
For its part, the Premier League also announced today that it will allocate one million pounds to the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC), which will be in charge of providing humanitarian aid to those in need.
In addition, as a way of showing respect for the victims and those affected, Premier League players as well as referees will wear black armbands during matches this weekend.
Italy will also respect the victims
Finally, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) today ordered a minute of silence to be observed in all matches of the twenty-two days of Serie A in memory of the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
Players and coaches with a past in Italy such as Dries Mertens (now at Galatasaray) or Nicolò Zaniolo (recently signed by Galatasaray himself) and Andrea Pirlo (Fatih Karagümrük coach) participated throughout the week in collaborations and activities humanitarian aid.
Source: La Verdad
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