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Barcelona FC Inaugurates a New XICS in Burkina Faso to Offer Comprehensive Attention to More Than 100
Children
OUAGADOUGOU, Nov. 16/ PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
- The Barcelona FC Foundation Already has 12 Support Centres, With a Presence in 10 Countries and 4
Continents.
The president of Barcelona FC, Joan Laporta, together with a wide representation of the club's board of
directors, has inaugurated a new support centre (XICS) today in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, that
will provide vitally important help for the area's poor children. By doing this, the Barcelona FC Foundation will be
contributing to the alleviation of the devastating effects that the summer floods have had in the African country.
The XICS is located in the Bogodogo neighbourhood, an area where low income families live, with little
economic solvency, high rates of illiteracy and a lack of schooling among children and adults. This neighbourhood
was one of the worst affected by the torrential rains last September. The support centre, which began operations in
October, covers a total area of 22,830 m2, of which 5,397 m2 have been built on. The Burkina Faso XICS consists
of 3 wings, a library, a kitchen, 5 offices, a sanitation area with showers, an all-purpose room, washrooms and an
all-purpose sports area of 17,433 m2. It will be managed by a team of 13 people, among them social workers,
teachers, sports presenters and a cook with an assistant.
In doing this, the Barcelona FC Foundation, which has invested close to 200,000 Euros in the Burkina Faso
XICS, expands its support network and now has 12 XICS centres around the world, with a presence in 10 countries
and 4 continents: Catalonia, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Brazil, India - with two centres, Mexico - with
two centres, Malawi and Ecuador. All of them receive the assistance of local organisations and authorities that help
a total of 10,000 children around the world.
The XICS centres form a part of the proprietary programmes that, together with the Sport Solidarity Conferences,
drive the Barcelona FC Foundation with the objective of promoting solidarity and cooperation, through sport, among
the most disadvantaged.
This activity is all reinforced with a secondary line of action based on collaborative programmes with the United
Nations through pioneering alliances with UNICEF, UNESCO and UNHCR. Since 2006, the Barcelona FC
Foundation has helped more than 120,000 children all over the world.
PR Contact: Xaiver.guarte@fcbarcelona.cat, +34-934963760
SOURCE: Futbol Club Barcelona
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