ENTAIN TEAMS UP WITH CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD TO HELP KIDS IN GHANA

Global sports betting and gaming entertainment group, Entain, has announced a partnership with children’s charity, Chance for Childhood. 

The award-winning global charity works to support children suffering from homelessness, disabilities, and other issues.

Launching the partnership will be a new pilot initiative called Change the first 1,000 Days, supporting 600 out of school street children in the Ghanaian capital Accra. 

The project, which will be supported by the Entain Foundation, aims to ensure the children get access to good early childhood education, and will involve ten government kindergarten schools in poor areas of the city. 

Special needs teaching capacity will be increased across the kindergartens, by increasing the teaching capacity available to children with special needs, and employing learning assistants to support the development of children. 

Jette Nygaard-Andersen, CEO of Entain, said: “The Entain Foundation was set up to enable our business to contribute back to society and support communities around the globe. We are proud to be able to support the invaluable work of Chance for Childhood, to make a transformational positive impact on such vulnerable children.”

Anna-mai Andrews, Co-CEO Chance for Childhood, added: “Chance for Childhood are absolutely delighted to join forces with The Entain Foundation and all their incredible team to support this critical work to transform the first 1,000 days of children living in the world’s most unsafe, violent and challenging environments.”

In addition to the Change the First 1,000 Days pilot, Entain says it will also be supporting a range of other Chance for Childhood initiatives. 

AYO.NEWS says:

With the COVID-19 pandemic still dominating the mainstream news cycles, it’s easy to forget that there’s still a whole world of other issues out there – issues that the pandemic has further exacerbated. So, it’s fantastic to see Entain helping Chance for Childhood make a positive difference at the most critical point in these childrens’ lives. 

Staying with Entain, last week the group announced it was making a £100K donation to help the COVID-19 relief effort in India.