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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][vc_single_image image=”1131″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][vc_column_text]Women Win, together with Nike, super model\u00a0Adwoa Aboah<\/a>, and\u00a0Gurls Talk<\/a>\u00a0recently launched the\u00a0Made to Play Fund<\/a>, aimed at getting and keeping girls and young women in sport. The Made to Play Fund received more than\u00a0200\u00a0applications from young women all over the world looking to share their passion for empowering younger girls (7-14 year-old) through sport.<\/p>\n

17 winners<\/a>\u00a0will use exciting sports, such as boxing, skateboarding, hip hop dancing and bollyrunning to inspire 7-14-year-old girls to get moving in Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Libya, Myanmar, The Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Turkey, and UK. Each will receive a product donation from Nike and participate in the Women Win\u2019s Leadership Development Programme, focused on learning how to design and deliver a sports programme for girls, with excellence. They will also take part in a Leadership and Partnership Camp led by Women Win during FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2019 in France. The full list of winners is below. You can also get to know them\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Made to Play Fund Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Angie Roa, 22, Barranquilla<\/p>\n

Antonia Weise, 19, Berlin<\/p>\n

Asia Mhmod, 24, Tripoli<\/p>\n

Beau van Iersel, 22, \u2018s-Hertogenbosch<\/p>\n

Bertha Anku, 25, Accra<\/p>\n

Chenai McCurdy, 19, London<\/p>\n

Havere Morina, 18 Berlin<\/p>\n

Karishma Ali, 21, Chitral<\/p>\n

Katie Smith, 25, London<\/p>\n

Lemya Chekir, 25, Paris<\/p>\n

Lindiwe Cezula, 22, Port Elizabeth<\/p>\n

Malikah Holder, 21, Birmingham<\/p>\n

Mbali Dlamini, 23, Johannesburg<\/p>\n

Naila Blal, 22, Reggio Emilia<\/p>\n

Nazli Durak, 21, Istanbul<\/p>\n

Randa-Sila Khoury, 18, Berlin<\/p>\n

Ting Myaw, 25, Myitkyina[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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