Anta and UNHCR team up to empower displaced children

The country's leading sportswear company Anta Group and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced, on Wednesday, a new global partnership focused on empowering displaced children and youth through the life-changing potential of education and sports.

The three-year partnership, called "Moving for Change", will support UNHCR's Primary Impact programming to improve access to primary education, sports, teaching and learning resources and to enhance child well-being, resilience and learning readiness through in-kind and cash donation, according to Anta.

The donation will support displaced young people in Malaysia, Thailand and more across the globe. Moving for Change aims to reach 300,000 children and youth who have been affected by displacement across the world by 2025.

Lai Shixian, executive director and co-CEO of Anta Group, said, "Over the past 16 years, Anta has donated more than 2.2 billion yuan ($301.4 million) to philanthropic programs and humanitarian aid."

"This is our first global corporate social responsibility initiative... We look forward to partnering with UNHCR and playing a part in realizing sustainable development through enabling quality education and equal opportunities for vulnerable children and youth."

Tina Friis Hansen, UNHCR's Head of Private Sector Partnerships, said: "Private sector partnerships like the one with Anta Group play an important role in helping forcibly displaced children and youth access quality education and build brighter futures."