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MAY/JUNE 2015
THE 25
TH
TEAM
By Cheryl Long
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It’s being called the largest, most important
women’ssporting event in history and it’s poised
to change the lives of millions of women and chil-
dren worldwide.
This summer, soccer teams from 24 countries will
arrive in Canada for the 2015 FIFAWomen’sWorld
Cup. Being held from June 6 to July 5, tourna-
ment matches will be played across the country
in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Mon-
treal and Moncton. With so much of the world’s
attention focused on the highly-publicized games,
what better way to raise awareness of maternal,
newborn and child health?
While the 24 women’s soccer teams have been
training and preparing for the highly-anticipated
event, UNICEF Canada has been recruiting their
own group of strong, determined women whose
efforts will have an effect worldwide on reducing
preventable child deaths.
They’re known as The 25th Team.
Sixty women from across Canada are destined to
change the lives of more than two million wom-
