The Deputy Emir of Riyadh sponsors the Friends of Football Players Charity Association (Friends 34) ceremony
This evening, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of the Riyadh Region, sponsored the ceremony of the Friends of Football Players Charity Association, “Friends 34 Association,” which it organizes under the title (We Celebrate History to Create the Future), at the King Abdulaziz Center for Cultural Communication in Riyadh.
Upon his arrival at the ceremony, His Highness was received by the President of the Saudi Football Federation, Yasser Al-Meshal, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Friends of Football Players Charitable Society, Captain Majed Abdullah, and a number of the association’s officials.
After the Royal Peace, the ceremony began with a visual presentation entitled (Achievements of Friends).
After that, the Chairman of the Association’s Board of Directors, Captain Majid Abdullah, delivered a speech in which he appreciated the patronage and support of His Highness the Deputy Emir of the Riyadh Region, noting His Highness’s permanent support for the Association and its beneficiaries.
Captain Majid Abdullah said: “I remember the first day we started the idea of establishing this association, as the first association of its kind in the Middle East, and we sensed at that time the difficulties that would face us, and we meet to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the founding of the association, achieving great achievements that had a great impact.” To my fellow former players.
He stated that during this long journey, the association faced great challenges and many difficulties that the association, praise be to God, was able to overcome to reach today more than 110,000 services in housing, support, empowerment, health and awareness.
After that, His Highness and the audience watched an explanatory video of the achievements and success of the training project in partnership with the Saudi Football Federation.
Then His Highness, Deputy Emir of the Riyadh Region, inaugurated the association’s strategy and a number of its projects. His Highness also watched a visual presentation about education in the association and a video entitled (The Role Model Player).
After that, the President of the Learning Academy, Khaled Al-Ammar, gave a speech on this occasion, in which he said: “In the Kingdom, we, as a leadership and a people, were raised on authenticity and good morals, and we live them in reality, and we raise our sons and daughters on them, and today is a day of loyalty to a group dear to society, and who have always made us happy.” For many years with their national achievements in the sports field.”
Al-Ammar explained that the Learning Academy’s contribution as a strategic sponsor of this event is an example of the appreciation of the private sector in our dear country, and its loyalty towards sports and athletes.
After that, a group of donations to the association were announced, and then the honored players and their families were honored to receive from the hands of His Highness, the sponsor of the ceremony, the housing units provided by the association and its partners.
His Highness witnessed the signing of 13 agreements between the association and many of its partners.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, His Highness graduated the first batch of students from the Friends Association.
The ceremony was attended by a number of Saudi football stars, and the association’s beneficiaries, including former players and their families.
