One Goal: AS Roma supports Italian Association for People with Down's Syndrome

The club is delighted to join forces with the Italian Association for People with Down's Syndrome (AIPD) for a new campaign: One Goal.

The aim of the campaign is to help raise awareness and assistance for the social and workplace integration of young people with Down's Syndrome - by creating funding for training courses that will allow individuals to reach those goals.

To celebrate the launch of the initiative, youngsters Andrea Moricone, Fabrizio Menichelli, Martina Mencuccini and Giordana Cavalieri became 'commentators for a day' - putting their voices to Roma's best goal of December, Riccardo Calafiori's brilliant strike against Young Boys in the Europa League.

Joining them for the occasion were two other famous Roma fans: Claudia Gerini and Carlo Verdone.

"The ongoing pandemic has not only upset our lives, but it has taken attention away from the needs of so many young people with Down's Syndrome," said Francesco Calvo, the club's Chief Operating Officer.

"It is for this reason that we decided to launch this campaign, in support of the Italian Association for People with Down's Syndrome and the European Down Syndrome Association.

"As a club we always try to help those in difficulty: not just through direct action but also, as in this case, by using our platform to raise awareness and attention."

The campaign will run from now until the end of the 2020-21 season and will see our first four commentators joined by others, both from Italy and further afield, as they commentate on the best goal scored by the team each month.

The aim is to support and encourage the youngsters, helping them to achieve their goals in life too.

"We enthusiastically welcomed AS Roma's idea for a campaign to support the many children and young adults with Down's Syndrome who have also been at home over the last few months - but have so much desire to show the potential they have to play a major role in society," said Anna Contardi, the national co-ordinator for the Italian Association for People with Down's Syndrome (AIPD).

"Learning to take the bus alone, finding a part-time job as a waiter or similar - these are just some of the goals a lot of young people with DS have 'scored' in recent years, thanks to AIPD projects.

"We want to make sure more and more of them have these same chances. We are counting on the generosity of Roma fans!"

By clicking here you can make a donation to the AIPD to support their workplace programmes.

If you are a business owner, you can also contact the AIPD to discuss ways you might be able to further assist with the various projects.