On the first day of the tournament, 150 orphaned children gathered in front of the Ministry of Social Solidarity in the presence of several officials and media to cover the event. Each coordinator submitted a list for his team to SATUC to make sure they are identical to the lists provided by the Ministry of Social Solidarity. The SATUC team was there since the early morning waiting for the children who were chosen by the Ministry of Social Solidarity to participate in the tournament. The children and their supervisors arrived at 11 am when the SATUC team gave them a warm welcome to ease their suffering from losing their families. They were offered water and juice before they were organized in one line. 50 orphaned children from Syria were present and led by the Syrian Captain Anas Hosary and 5 supervisors so that each one would be responsible for 10 children as agreed with the Ministry of Social Solidarity.
SATUC team lined up the children before each child received a new sports bag like professionals that includes football clothing, towel, socks, training suit…etc. The orphans were very happy to have such an experience for the first time in their lives they passed through many difficulties because of the loss of their families.
After the children and the supervisors received their sportswear, they headed to five large luxury buses to transport them to Sharm el-Sheikh. Official Egyptian media as well as private televisions were there to cover the unique event. Everybody got in the busses including the official supervisors of the Egyptian Football Association:

1- Nasser Mohammed Faraj – contests committee
2- Mohammed al-Husseini – contests committee
3- Atif Hussein – referee
4- Walid Abdel-Razek – referee
5- Mohammed Hassan – international referee
6- Sharif Rashwan – international referee
7- Mohamed Sayed Dakar – international referee
8- Mohammed’s childhood – referee
9- Dr. Mustafa Almuniry
10- Captain Khaled Ibrahim – Rehabilitation Specialist
11- Captain Sayed Said – Rehabilitation Specialist

The event was covered by Egyptian public television as well as several private televisions (al-Hayat, Mehwar, and Nahar)

Meals, juices, and water bottles were distributed to people on board. We tried to relieve their suffering and to provide a joyous atmosphere for them.