The Reds charity work stretches around the world
Community coaches from the Club’s official charity, Liverpool FC Foundation, attended The Bangkok School for the Blind today to deliver football coaching sessions to over 100 youngsters.
This is the Foundation’s second visit to the school having previously visited during the Club’s 2013 pre-season tour.
LFC Ambassador Ian Rush and Didi Hamann joined coaches from the Foundation who delivered two specialist soccer clinics to the pupils.
Bangkok School for the Blind, which was established in 1939, was the first school for the blind in Thailand and provides free education and training along with equipment and materials to school-aged blind children.
It is a charity school run by the Foundation for the Blind in Thailand under the Royal Patronage of Her Majesty the Queen. LFC’s main sponsor, Standard Chartered, also partner the school through its Seeing is Believing initiative, which aims to tackle avoidable blindness.
LFC Ambassador, Ian Rush, said: “It was great to revisit the Bangkok School for the Blind today and take part in the coaching sessions with the students and staff. It was an honour to be invited back and great to see how it has continued to develop since our last visit. It’s such an inspirational place and I hope we can return again in the future.”
Andrea Cooper, Head of Liverpool FC Foundation, added: “It’s fantastic for our Foundation staff to be back at the Bangkok School for the Blind delivering tailored, fun and engaging coaching sessions.
“We are committed to our International programme of activity that provides unique opportunities, coaching clinics and educational workshops to a diverse range of individuals and community groups across the world.”
