The Peninsula
KUALA LUMPUR: Shell Qatar’s Koora Time Programme (Corporate), Japan Inclusive Football Federation (NGO) and Nepali journalist and filmmaker, Bhojraj Bhat (Individual) won the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Dream Asia Awards 2019 held in conjunction with AFC Social Responsibility Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday.
The three worthy winners, who were chosen from a record 27 strong applicants this year, will receive $10,000, enabling them to bolster their social responsibility programmes alongside the AFC.
Chairman of the AFC Social Responsibility Committee, Mr. Zaw Zaw said: “Social Responsibility is a key focus area for the AFC and already, through the AFC Dream Asia Foundation and these awards, we have witnessed the incredible strides and growth of our efforts as one united Asian footballing family, to use football as a powerful tool for social development.”
Shell Qatar Koora Time Programme (QAT) – Corporate Koora Time Programme is a youth football initiative created by the Qatar Football Association and Shell Qatar, designed to improve the health and well being of Qatar’s youth through football.
It serves to break the barriers of physical activity and expand the opportunities and spaces to spread the love of the game in a fun and non-competitive environment.
As the country’s only football and education initiative, the Koora Time Programme continues to deliver the highest levels of engagement, benefitting more than 100,000 children across Qatar since its launch in 2012.