The Peninsula
Generation Amazing Foundation’s fourth annual Youth Festival 2022 opened at Education City's Oxygen Park Main Stage.
The Youth Festival is the first-ever sport for development and cultural exchange programme of its kind to take place ahead of a FIFA World Cup.
The opening ceremony was attended by distinguished guests including the Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation (QF), H E Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Hassan Al-Thawadi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, and Gianni Infantino, FIFA President.
A keynote address was delivered by Malek Jandali, a Syrian-American pianist and composer.
More than 300 students selected from local and international schools representing the 32 competing nations have traveled to Qatar to participate in the week-long Festival,
comprised of football for development workshops and activities.
Generation Amazing is a movement of youth advocates, coaches, volunteers, star players, and participants who care about one goal: using football to empower youth and improve the world. Until now Generation Amazing has reached one million beneficiaries from around the world.