English Premier League football club Manchester United has renewed its partnership with Unicef and committed a further £1m (€1.2m/$1.6m) to the global children’s organisation’s worldwide child protection services.
The three-year extension will confirm the continuation of the longest running partnership between a sporting organisation and a global charity. The United for Unicef 13-year partnership has helped raise £3m for the charity.
Of the new £1m commitment from United, £500,000 will fund Unicef’s work to protect children in Vietnam.
The partnership will also help train 160 social welfare managers to identify children at risk, as well as training 400 community-based social workers on child protection.
In addition, the arrangement will also support the Vietnamese government in developing a national child protection system. The partnership will use football as a means to engage with marginalised children and help get them the support they need.