FIFA, Global Citizen launch Education Fund - Inside World Football

FIFA, Global Citizen launch Education Fund - Inside World Football

May 1 – FIFA and Global Citizen have launched the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, a four-year initiative blending philanthropy and fan engagement that aims raise $100 million to support children’s education through football.   Unveiled at the Global Citizen NOW summit in New York, the fund will channel donations towards grassroots education programmes in over 200 countries, with half earmarked for FIFA’s own Football for Schools initiative, …

Global Citizen NOW Summit Launches Music Economy Development Initiative to Combat Extreme Poverty

🌍New York, 30 April 2025 — At the Global Citizen NOW summit held in New York, the Center for Music Ecosystems (CME) and Global Citizen unveiled the Music Economy Development Initiative (MEDI), a groundbreaking effort aimed at harnessing the transformative power of music to address extreme poverty and foster responsible economic growth. CME Executive Director

FIFA & Global Citizen announce the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund!

Today, at the Global Citizen NOW summit in New York City, FIFA and Global Citizen, the world’s leading international advocacy organisation on a mission to end extreme poverty, announced the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, an initiative that aims to raise USD $100 million to provide access to quality education and football for children around the world. The new fund, announced by FIFA President, Gianni Infantino and Global Citizen CEO, Hugh E…