Hundreds of Palestinian children have attended a football training session organized by Spanish football club Real Madrid in the West Bank, as part of Real Madrid Foundation's joint campaign with United Nations Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, on Monday.
Real Madrid meets with children in Gaza
The foundation has sent professional football coaches to the schools run by the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, where they joined children in their training for three days.
Real Madrid meets with children in Gaza
Suma AbdelRahman, a young teenager, who proudly wore the jersey of Real Madrid's football player, Sergio Ramos, was excited after taking part in a session organized in Ramallah.
Real Madrid meets with children in Gaza
"In Gaza we live in a restricted society, and girls don't really play football. But the Real Madrid Foundation and their programme have allowed girls to get more involved," she said.
Real Madrid meets with children in Gaza
A number of Suma's teachers who wanted to take part were not allowed to leave the besieged Palestinian coastal territory. The event was attended by around 500 children from Gaza who came to Ramallah especially for the training, UNRWA stated.
Real Madrid meets with children in Gaza
Gaza was attacked by Israeli forces in summer 2014 which killed more than 2,200 people, left 100,000 homeless and permanently disabled some 1,000 children, according to the UN.
