FIFA President visits Qatar 2022 facility hosting Afghan refugees

Infantino was accompanied on the visit by HE the Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lolwah AlKhater, and Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) Secretary-General HE Hassan al-Thawadi.

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 the Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lolwah AlKhater, and Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) Secretary-General HE Hassan al-Thawadi. 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. “First of all, I would like to thank the Qatar people, the Qatar Government and His Highness the Amir of Qatar for the incredible efforts that are made by this country to welcome so many people from Afghanistan as they live through difficult moments of their lives but are able to come here as a safe haven,” the FIFA President said to assembled media.