FIFA President visits Qatar 2022 facility hosting Afghan refugees

Doha: FIFA President Gianni Infantino has visited a Qatar 2022 residential compound currently hosting a number of refugees from Afghanistan. Infantino was accompanied on the visit by HE Lolwah Al Khater, Assistant Foreign Minister of Qatar and HE Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary General of the Supreme Committee of Delivery & Legacy (SC).

Since the arrival of refugees from Afghanistan to Qatar, Generation Amazing (GA), an SC legacy programme that uses football to drive social change and promote gender equality and inclusivity around the world, has engaged many of the younger Afghan refugees in a series of initiatives that have been designed to provide a safe space for them to thrive in. GA, in partnership with Qatar's Maktaba Children’s Library, is also delivering a wide range of educational activities and offering psychosocial support to Afghan refugees of all ages. During the visit, FIFA President Gianni Infantino emphasised the important role football can play when meeting refugees from Afghanistan being housed at the Park View Villas complex in Doha on Saturday.