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巴塞隆拿足球会与UNICEF加强合作 推广体育运动及教育 惠及巴西、中国、加纳及南非四国儿童

2012-05-10

巴塞隆拿/香港,2012年5月10日——联合国儿童基金会(UNICEF)、巴塞隆拿足球会与巴塞基金会今天于传奇球队——巴塞隆拿的主场馆上,共同承诺加强合作,透过推广体育运动和教育,改善巴西、中国、加纳及南非四国数以百万计儿童的生活。
会场上,UNICEF执行主任安东尼.雷克联同巴塞隆拿足球基金会副总裁雷蒙.杜邦(Ramon Pont)及巴塞球员马克.巴尔特拉(Marc Bartra)与75名巴塞隆拿学童齐聚一堂,热烈讨论运动对儿童生活所起的关键作用。他们更一一解答在场学生就有关UNICEF、世界儿童状况、足球以至巴塞与UNICEF的合作原因等的提问。

A boy tosses a football while other boys play behind him, in Oranjestad, the capital. A local retiree coaches the boys, who are from low-income families. One of the boys wears a shirt from the FC Barcelona football team that bears the UNICEF logo. In September 2011, Aruba continues working to protect the welfare of its children since gaining autonomy from the Netherlands in 1986. Nevertheless, Aruba, like its sister islands in the Caribbean Curacao and the Dutch portion of Sint Maarten remains part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, bound by its international treaties, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). To assess the status of Arubas children, UNICEF was invited to undertake a situation analysis UNICEFs core methodology to define child welfare in a given country, reviewing childrens situation in the context of an array of social, economic, political, institutional and historic factors. The aim was to evaluate progress and challenges in realizing childrens and womens rights in Aruba and to make recommendations for policies and social actions to improve these conditions. The analysis noted Arubas generally favourable economic status but also its high dependency on tourism, which provides limited employment options for islanders and makes them highly vulnerable to steep downturns in the global economy. It also showed the benefits of the islands universal health care: over 99 per cent of women receive antenatal care; more than 95 per cent of births are overseen by skilled attendants; vaccination coverage among children between 12 and 23 months old has reached 90 per cent, and all children have access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation facilities. Nevertheless, obesity affects 35 per cent of children, heralding future health problems, and rising rates of adolescent pregnancy are causing increased health and social complications. In education, nearly all children aged 611 years attend primary school. However, the absence of laws requiring post-secondary attendance contributes to high dropout rates for adolescents, which, in turn, contributes to the numbers of youth involved in gangs or substance abuse. Current policy also mandates Dutch in which only 5.8 per cent of the population is fluent as the principal language of instruction, instead of Papiamento, a Creole language spoken by 66.3 per cent of inhabitants. Language barriers are compounded for the 30 per cent of the population who are new immigrants, most of whom speak neither Dutch nor Papiamento. A preponderance of low-wage jobs and inadequate childcare also contribute to rising reports of child abuse. UNICEF recommendations note the need for a more diversified economy that promotes social welfare as well as growth and for continued reporting and visibility for childrens issues to support positive change. It also recommends improved interaction and coordination between state, social, private and union sectors to implement policies addressing the language of educational instruction, high school attendance, childhood obesity, protections against abuse and domestic violence, as well as the needs of diverse cultures.
巴塞基金会副总裁雷蒙.杜邦表示:「巴塞隆拿足球会致力与UNICEF合作,推动全球儿童事务,並促进教育和体育运动的发展。」

UNICEF深明並肯定体育运动在儿童成长中所担当的重要角色。年轻人参与运动和玩耍有助身体发展,並能从中让他们培养基本的价值观和生活技能,例如:纪律、领导才能、团队合作精神、公平原则,以至尊重他人。运动和玩耍更有助消除歧视,打破社会大众与弱势社群(如:残疾儿童)的隔阂,取得促进社会伤健共融等益处。

「UNICEF全体成员为着能够与巴塞隆拿足球会合作感到非常高兴。通过此合作关係,UNICEF与巴塞承办,将携手致力为数百万儿童提供教育机会,及体会运动的乐趣,並让他们能够在参与体育、运动和玩耍,建立积极、正面、乐观的生活能度。」UNICEF执行主任安东尼.雷克首次访问巴塞隆拿足球会总部时表示。

Boys run on a track at Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Stadium, in Oranjestad, the capital. They are participating in a programme offered by Athletik Bond, a local government-sponsored organization that coaches children in track and field sports. In September 2011, Aruba continues working to protect the welfare of its children since gaining autonomy from the Netherlands in 1986. Nevertheless, Aruba, like its sister islands in the Caribbean Curacao and the Dutch portion of Sint Maarten remains part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, bound by its international treaties, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). To assess the status of Arubas children, UNICEF was invited to undertake a situation analysis UNICEFs core methodology to define child welfare in a given country, reviewing childrens situation in the context of an array of social, economic, political, institutional and historic factors. The aim was to evaluate progress and challenges in realizing childrens and womens rights in Aruba and to make recommendations for policies and social actions to improve these conditions. The analysis noted Arubas generally favourable economic status but also its high dependency on tourism, which provides limited employment options for islanders and makes them highly vulnerable to steep downturns in the global economy. It also showed the benefits of the islands universal health care: over 99 per cent of women receive antenatal care; more than 95 per cent of births are overseen by skilled attendants; vaccination coverage among children between 12 and 23 months old has reached 90 per cent, and all children have access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation facilities. Nevertheless, obesity affects 35 per cent of children, heralding future health problems, and rising rates of adolescent pregnancy are causing increased health and social complications. In education, nearly all children aged 611 years attend primary school. However, the absence of laws requiring post-secondary attendance contributes to high dropout rates for adolescents, which, in turn, contributes to the numbers of youth involved in gangs or substance abuse. Current policy also mandates Dutch in which only 5.8 per cent of the population is fluent as the principal language of instruction, instead of Papiamento, a Creole language spoken by 66.3 per cent of inhabitants. Language barriers are compounded for the 30 per cent of the population who are new immigrants, most of whom speak neither Dutch nor Papiamento. A preponderance of low-wage jobs and inadequate childcare also contribute to rising reports of child abuse. UNICEF recommendations note the need for a more diversified economy that promotes social welfare as well as growth and for continued reporting and visibility for childrens issues to support positive change. It also recommends improved interaction and coordination between state, social, private and union sectors to implement policies addressing the language of educational instruction, high school attendance, childhood obesity, protections against abuse and domestic violence, as well as the needs of diverse cultures.
On 23 April, children exercise during a recreation activity at the Parc Jean Marie Vincent sports centre in the Piste Aviation neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, the capital. The area is serving as a temporary settlement site for an estimated 25,000 people displaced by the earthquake. The recreation programme provides structured daily sports activities, as well as psychosocial support, for young people. It is managed by the Haitian Olympic Committee, with support from the Government, UNICEF and other partners. Most open spaces in the city are now occupied by the displaced. By early May 2010 in Haiti, emergency responses had shifted to long-term recovery efforts in response to the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit the country on 12 January. The quakes epicentre was only 17 kilometres from Port-au-Prince, the capital, more than 222,500 people were killed and 1.3 million, of whom 450,000 were children, became homeless. In Port-au-Prince, more than 619,000 people continue to live in makeshift settlements, despite an exodus of over 604,000 from the devastated city. The towns of Léogâne and Jacmel were also heavily damaged; and social infrastructures in rural communities, which now host some of the displaced, are over-strained. In the capital, major government and private infrastructure have been destroyed or heavily damaged, including hospitals, water, sanitation and electrical systems, and telecommunications, banks and transportation networks. UNICEF is working with the Government, other UN agencies, international and local NGOs and private partners to help rebuild with special focus on the estimated 46 per cent of Haitis nearly 10 million inhabitants who are under age 18. UNICEF is the lead coordinating agency for nutrition, WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) and child protection; UNICEF also shares lead coordinating duties on education with Save the Children, and is a key health partner. This latest catastrophe has exacerbated Haitis already critical humanitarian situation. Prior to the quake, more than 78 per cent of the population lived on less than US $2.00 a day. UNICEFs portion of the Feuary 2010 United Nations Haiti Revised Humanitarian Appeal (totalling US $1.44 billion) is US $222.8 million, most of which has been received. But while international donors have pledged some US $5.3 billion to support all aspects of Haitis recovery over the next 18 months, an estimated US $11.5 billion is required to meet projected needs.
年轻人参与运动和玩耍有助身体发展,並能从中让他们培养基本的价值观和生活技能。 运动和玩耍更有助消除歧视,打破社会大众与弱势社群的隔阂。
巴塞隆拿足球会每年捐出约港币1,500万元(即150万欧元)善款予UNICEF,帮助巴西、中国、加纳及南非四国16,000所学校数百万名儿童。有关计划将培训逾5,000名教师及教练,把体育运动及体育精神融入学校课程。计划亦会向受惠的学校提供运动器材,改善体育运动和玩耍项目的基本设施。