Refugee crisis: ECA raise €1.3m as part of the "90 minutes for hope" campaign

The ECA has raised €1.3m as part of the "90 minutes for hope" campaign for refugees. "The money will benefit Save the Children and UNICEF's responses to the European refugee crisis," said the ECA on 07/12/2015.

The ECA had asked its affiliated clubs to follow the initiative first launched by FC Porto (Liga NOS), which saw clubs dedicate €1 for each ticket sold during their first European game this season to the crisis. Clubs that were not participating in European competition in 2015-16 were invited to implement the same scheme for a domestic championship game.

"We cannot close our eyes to the dramatic scenes currently affecting the lives of many children. We are proud to see many European clubs joining our "90 minutes for hope" campaign and are very pleased to donate the money raised to Save the Children and UNICEF, two organisations tirelessly working to support desperate refugee children and their families in Europe these days," said Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, president of the ECA.

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