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🎉 | NEW NETWORK MEMBER
More great news as we welcome Chicago-based organisation @urbaninitiatives to the team!
Chicago natives Jim Dower and Dan Isherwood were working as public-school teachers in the city when they witnessed first-hand the hurdles students must overcome to succeed.
Vulnerable to the effects of poverty and exposure to community violence, as football coaches they founded Urban initiatives as a response to the lack of extracurricular activities for students.
Initially the programme consisted of a before and after-school football programme including two coaches and 12 students.
By providing these students an opportunity to learn, play and ultimately succeed, the programme’s positive impact translated into improved classroom performance.
Today, Urban Initiatives’ four programmes serve 17,00 students in 56 Chicago public schools, from 38 diverse communities, providing a safe environment both on and off the field!
A huge welcome and here’s to playing together!
#football4good
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