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Future Academy

Creating hope and opportunity for the world's forgotten children

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Future Academy

Creating hope and opportunity for the world's forgotten children

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What we do

Future Academy combines pitch and classroom to make education exciting.

Future English

Our English school provides an innovative, personalised curriculum delivered by inspiring teachers. We improve academic performance by using games as a tool for education, making learning active, engaging and fun.

Future Football

Our football academy welcomes all ages and abilities. Local qualified coaches and professional footballers run daily sessions; from kickarounds for kids to elite performance training and weekend tournaments.

Our players evolve into students. 

We teach the language of the world, they learn how to write a new reality.

About US

Co-founders, Ahmad and Chris, met in 2017 in Burj Barajneh Camp, Beirut while volunteering for Médecins Sans Frontières. Their friendship is based on a shared love of football and a passionate belief that education should be freely available, inclusive and accessible to all children.

  • 2017

    First football sessions and English lessons on the pitch.

  • 2018

    First Future Cup - 80 children from 4 refugee camps; Future Football academy opens in Burj Barajneh.

  • 2019

    Carpark classroom

  • 2020

    Future Academy becomes a UK-registered charity; Future English school opens in Burj Barajneh

  • 2021

    Future Football opens in Shatila camp

  • 2022

    Library, after school club, dedicated girls’ class and art studio established in Burj Barajneh.

  • 2023

    Enrichment Programme for all students; Outreach Programme for children unable to attend school.

Education is the single most powerful means to improve the quality of life; the single most powerful weapon against poverty and intolerance”. (UNESCO)

What is a refugee?

The UN Refugee Agency definition says :

“A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence.”

We help kids from the refugee camps of Burj Barajneh and Shatila, in Beirut, Lebanon.

100% of donations are spent directly on delivering charitable activities

Camp Size
km2
Original population
7000
Current population
25000
Future Academy Staff

Poverty is a complicated issue, deciding to help those it affects is not

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