Nestle MILO supports community in Vietnam

This is the second year Nestle MILO has supported to build up the non-competitive football clubs and spread out social skill lessons into sport activities of the children.

The four-day tournament attracted the participation of more than 3,300 children and youths in Thua Hien Hue provinces, with more than 1,000 matches and many other activities to develop life skills.

In the spirit of non-competitiveness, the teams of U12 league had played very relaxingly with a view to learning from each other.

At the end of the tournament, all the teams who joined were rewarded medals and trophy as souvenirs.

Le Cong Vinh, a local famous football player, expressed his support for this activity “I look forward to seeing football movements throughout Vietnam will grow further, so that more and more children who love football will have a chance playing football, regardless of their ethnicity, age or condition of their lives.”

“Nestle MILO's mission is not only to bring a nutritious regime but also foster the passion for sports among children in a spirit of respect and equality, so that they would always be happy and healthy like those at their age. And I believe that FFAV Cup 2014 will help Nestle MILO to continue bringing this mission to many more Vietnamese children,” said Rashid Qureshi, general manager of Nestle Vietnam- the main sponsor of the tournament.

Football for all community in Vietnam project is a non-governmental project initiated in 2001 by Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) with an aim to contribute to sustainable development of football movement in Vietnam.

Until now, FFAV Cup is currently the largest football movement in Vietnam with a vision to bring the king sport to all people in the spirit of respect and equality, especially to enhance the management capacity of local football clubs.

As the most popular team sport in the world and in Vietnam, football is very familiar with the sport lovers in different age ranges. However, children with disabilities or from disadvantaged background still have limited access to this sport; even the children from ethnic minorities or female kids are not encouraged to play football.

With the aim of launching a sport movement throughout Vietnam and especially children, Nestle MILO has sponsored for FFAV Cup in two consecutive years from 2013 up to now.

Nestle MILO also supported funding for FFAV Cup 2014, offering 2,900 balls, 3,310 bib shirts, 3,500 uniforms, 4,700 caps for both children and adults with a large number of Lavie mineral water.

The total value of the sponsorship this season has been up to $56,000.

Nestle MILO is an industry's leading brand of energy drinks which has been researched and developed particularly at Nestle, a world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company.