Vivo joins World Cup fever

Vivo Malaysia hopes to inspire Malaysians to share their football passion to help the underprivilege children in the country.

Vivo Malaysia is organising the ‘Vivo Give It a Shot Challenge’ in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup 2022. As the only official smartphone sponsor of the World Cup in Qatar, Vivo Malaysia hopes to inspire Malaysians to share their football passion to help the underprivilege children in the country.

The ‘vivo Give It A Shot Challenge’ will be happening from 21 November to 18 December 2022. To participate in the challenge, participants will need to record a video of them kicking a ball in their on creative way.

They will then need to upload the video to any social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok) with hashtag #vivogiveitashotchallenge and #vivoMYxFIFA. The social media account should be set open to public.

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Finally the participants need to tag two of their friends in the caption to join the good cause. Vivo Malaysia will donate RM1 to an appointed NGO partner for every video uploaded.

The world’s largest sporting event kicked off on November 20 with an opening match between Qatar and Ecuador. The competition will feature 32 teams divided into eight groups, with the final match taking place on December 18 at Lusail Stadium.

As the world enters the World Cup season with passion, excitement and enthusiasm, vivo Malaysia hopes every youth will have a chance to fulfil their needs and chase their dream through their favourite game – football. 

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According to a report by the Department of Statistics Malaysia, absolute poverty among Malaysians increased from 5.6% in 2019 to 8.4% in 2020, while poor households increased from 405,400 to 639,800 in the same period.

In alignment with FIFA’s vision that is to make football truly global, diverse and inclusive for the benefit of the entire world, vivo Malaysia wants to make a difference and lend a hand to support Malaysian youths.

For more information on the ‘vivo Give It A Shot Challenge’, please follow Vivo Malaysia’s official Facebook Page.

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