MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER AT FIFA EVENTS

80% POTENTIAL FROM ASIA & AFRICA

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, Zanzibar, 08/05/2022, 00:50 Time

USPA NEWS - FIFA (www.FIFA.com) volunteer programme brings together people from around world; More than 80% of potential volunteers are from Africa and Asia; Deadline for applications for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ is Sunday, 31 July.
More than half a million people have now signed up on FIFA’s global volunteer platform. The FIFA volunteer programme, revamped in December 2020, is the largest of its kind in sport, allowing everyone who signs up on the registration portal to apply to take part in any future FIFA tournament. Volunteer numbers have soared from 100,000 to 500,000 since October 2021, with the fast-approaching FIFA World Cup™ unsurprisingly proving the biggest draw. “This rise in people signing up to the platform truly is remarkable,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. “The surge in numbers shows that our volunteer programme and platform are becoming a real, global community, with incredible interest in taking part in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar later this year.”

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KFC AFRICA PARTNERS WITH SERGE IBAKA TO EMPOWER YOUTH THROUGH BASKETBALL

TO BOOST THE GAME ACCROSS AFRICA

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, Zanzibar, 08/05/2022, 00:42 Time

USPA NEWS - KFC Africa (https://global.KFC.com), the most loved fast-food brand in 23 markets across the continent, is partnering with Serge Ibaka, of the Milwaukee Bucks, to enable and uplift the continent’s youth and communities, whilst growing grass-roots basketball. “The average age in Africa is 19 and sport, specifically basketball, is a passion point for more than 100 million fans across the continent. In recent years we have seen the number of African players rising on the international circuit, providing inspiration and impetus for many young people dreaming of becoming the next global basketball all-star,” says Emmanuel Kasambala, KFC Marketing Director, Rest of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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SEBASTIEN JUMEL COMMUNIST NUPES MP DEFENDS THE RIGHTS OF THE DISABLED

IS A BELIEVER IN EQUAL RIGHTS

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 08/05/2022, 00:19 Time

USPA NEWS - PM Borne pronounced ten times (10), this expression “Equal Opportunities " and encouraged us to question many male and female politicians, whether ministers or deputies, senators, in order to clarify this element of language, based on one of the pillars of modern democracy, advocated in the name of social justice. In this article, we publish the short interview of Sebastien Jumel, communist, MP, former Mayor of Dieppe (High Normandie) deputy for the Seine Maritime constituency of the NUPES group (New Union Popular Ecologist and Social).

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SPEECH ON THE 40 YEARS OF THE LAW OF AUGUST 4,1982 ENDING HOMO-REPRESSION

BY PM E.BORNE TO APPOINT LGBT+AMBASSADOR

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 08/05/2022, 00:01 Time

USPA NEWS - French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne went to the LGBT+ reception center in Orleans To mark the 40th anniversary of this law of August 4, 1982, making possible to repeal any fellony, crime related to homosexuality. She was able to talk with members of the GAGL45 association. On this occasion, the Prime Minister recalled that the French State had, before 1982, passed discriminatory laws against homosexuals, and made announcements to fight against LGBT+ discrimination, in France and internationally, on this anniversary. She unveiled some pledges such as the creation of a 3 million euro fund to finance new LGBT+ centers and the future appointment of an 'ambassador for LGBT+ rights "will coordinate the action of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs for the protection against discrimination and the promotion of LGBT + rights and will carry the voice of France", detailed Ms. Borne. This will include defending "the universal decriminalization of homosexuality and transidentity".

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