The OFFS network in Crimea region remains active during crisis

The national OFFS team in Ukraine has reported that OFFS follow-up activities were organised in the Crimea region during January and up until February 27, 2014, by the local OFFS network. The network comprises hundreds of voluntary OFFS football coaches trained through the OFFS Crimea project run by CCPA in partnership with the Football Federation of Ukraine and funded by the Swedish government (SIDA) from June 2010 until December 2013.In January and February 62 local OFFS coaches’ organised 13 activities for a total of 1000 children of Russian, Ukrainian, Tatar, Roma and other origin. Both boys, girls, children with special needs and kids from poor families were invited for the activities organised among others in Simferopol district, Feodosia, Saky district, in Yalta, Sovetskyi village, Chernomorskyi village, Lenino village and Andreevka village near Sevastopol.