Kryvyi Rih
Amputee Football
Our newest initiative, launched with our partners at Penuel FC, is a football project for Ukrainian amputees in the city of Kryvyi Rih. The project’s motto: strength in everyone.
Impact
GoodSports Ukraine
Sports, camps, and first aid training for children, families, and amputees inside Ukraine.
BridgeUA & GoodSports
Registered in Ukraine as one NGO
Calvary BridgeUA and GoodSports International are now officially registered together in Ukraine as a nonprofit (NGO) under the name BridgeUA & GoodSports.
While much of BridgeUA’s work reaches Ukrainian refugees across Europe, GoodSports serves Ukrainians who are still in the country. Its programs use sports, camps, and practical training to reach children, families, and amputees.
On the Ground
What GoodSports Does
Kryvyi Rih
Youth Soccer
The soccer program with Penuel FC serves 300 children with 25 coaches. Penuel FC also works with children with special needs.
Schools, communities, and police
Combat First Aid Training
Nate Gerber, the GoodSports International Ukraine Country Director, works with Project Victory, a US veterans nonprofit, to teach combat first aid to school children, local communities, and police officers.
Zolotonosha
Extreme Sports at Camp Maximum
GoodSports volunteer Jacob Marcotte lives and works at Camp Maximum in Zolotonosha, where he serves as the extreme sports coordinator.
What’s Next
A soccer field for amputee women
BridgeUA & GoodSports are establishing a Memorandum of Understanding with Camp Maximum in Zolotonosha. We hope it marks the start of fundraising to build a 60 x 40 meter soccer field for amputee women.
Once it’s built, the camp will also use the field for the children at its camps: 14 weeks of camp, with 170 children each week.
