KOMM MIT awards the Youth Promotion Prize to three associations. SC Wiedenbrück receives generous funding of 1111€ and will compete in the KOMM MIT Orange Cup. JSG Neitersen will participate in the Mediterraneo Trophy in Spain with a funding amount of 555€. In addition, the TuS Marathon Hannover will get a starting place for the DFB beach soccer festival in August 2024.

Strengthening team spirit and club attractiveness is often achieved through club trips. Every year, KOMM MIT awards the Youth Promotion Prize and thus supports funding for an international youth soccer tournament in Europe. The prize money of 1,111 euros for first place this year goes to SC Wiedenbrück. The club from the Football and Athletics Association of Westphalia takes on Corpus Christi with the U13 juniors on 22nd Orange Cup from KOMM MIT and is looking forward to the international tournament trip to the Netherlands.

SC Wiedenbrück would like to thank you for the funding: “We are absolutely overwhelmed by our first place in the Youth Promotion Prize! A huge thank you to the KOMM MIT team for the generous travel allowance of 1,111 euros for our tournament in Holland. We can't wait to go full of energy and do our best! ”.

JSG Neitersen from the Rhineland Football Association is cheering for the second place and the associated funding subsidy of 555 euros, which at Easter with no less than three teams 34th Mediterranean Trophy Drive to Spain. Markus Schuster, trainer at JSG Neitersen, says enthusiastically about the win: “We are delighted to have won second place in the Youth Promotion Prize. We have boys from Ukraine and Afghanistan with us. With this prize, we can provide support here. It's really great that this youth promotion prize exists. Our teams are really looking forward to the tournament in Spain. ”

New this year is the draw for third place, which includes free participation in the beach soccer festival in August in Warnemünde as part of the DFB German Beach Soccer Championship. The TuS Marathon Hannover from the Lower Saxony Football Association will take part in this unique event with its U13 juniors.

The non-profit organization KOMM MIT has been promoting solidarity among children and young people in Europe through sport for more than 40 years. The focus here is particularly on intercultural youth meetings. With specially organized sports events with an Olympic character, KOMM MIT brings together over 25,000 children and young people from over 60 different nations in several European countries every year.

Through the sporting and cultural supporting program, children and young people learn important and sustainable values for social coexistence. Mutual respect, acceptance of differences and recognition of others' achievements are fundamental values for peaceful and solidary cooperation. In addition to international understanding in Europe and the world, KOMM MIT supports various other projects.

The Youth Promotion Prize supports the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Initiative”Football For The Goals.” Under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10 “Less inequality”, equal opportunities and the associated international understanding should be further promoted through sport. In accordance with the KOMM MIT mission “AllToGehter — For peaceful coexistence”” The aim is to enable all children and young people to participate in the International KOMM MIT tournaments.