A former street kid has been appointed as co-CEO of the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation in Vietnam, the same charity that helped him when his life was very different.

In December of 2005, the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation rescued a child from human trafficking for the first time. This week, fifteen years later, the number of boys, girls, women and men Blue Dragon has freed from slavery has reached 1,000.

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised higher number of poor or homeless children who have to depend on street to survive in Vietnam. However, with the help of the Blue Dragon organization, many abandoned or neglected kids now have a house to live in, a dream to pursue.

A partnership between the UEFA Foundation for Children and the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation - the well-known charity dedicated to rescuing kids in crisis, is helping to give street children greater opportunities to break the cycle of violence, abuse and poverty by using sports activities as a catalyst for positive change.