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Slum Soccer One Goal
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About Slum Soccer
The organization was registered as a Non Governmental Public Charitable Trust Organization governed by the Public Trust Act of the state of Maharashtra in 2001
Unconventional as it may seem, development through sport has a track record of being successful, across continents and from our own experience.
The unbridled joy on the faces of a few street children kicking a broken bucket around a slushy ground in an impromptu game of football, blissfully unaware of the pelting rain in the midst of a sudden rainstorm, prompted the founding of Slum Soccer.
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Why Football?
The ‘beautiful game’ is a unique and yet, a perfect vehicle that transcends race, religion, language and gender to bring about a change in the lives of street dwellers.
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We chose to work with football, in specific due to a number of reasons elucidated below
Why Football?
Easily affordable/accessibleModifiable to suit our specific messages/needsInherent stickiness of messagingWorld’s most popular sportStill nascent in India, unique factor
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What We Do
Academy
Nearly 650 to 700 underprivileged people train in Slum Soccer academies across 6 states on a daily basis .
Community Development
In addition to the sport of football, participants and their families attend workshops and are taught essential life skills
Project Young Stars
Slum Soccer’s youth football development program where children start training from the age of six
National Tournament
Annual Tournament attended by teams from 16 states in the country
Women’s Football
Slum Soccer places great emphasis on Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality. Our Women’s program is as robust as the men’s
Homeless World Cup
Annual Event attended by 72 nations. Slum Soccer represents the country at the tournament every year
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Grassroots Football Development
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Grassroots Football Development
Slum Soccer’s initial programs
started off using football as a
tool for development
However, as we represented
India on the international
stage – we began to also focus
on developing a solid football
culture and style of play at the
organization
This focus is reflected through initiatives that see international coaches visit and work
with our community coaches to develop their knowledge of the game
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Grassroots Football Development Model
We have followed international best
practices (albeit unintentionally) in
how we have developed our
grassroots football program
Starting with 4v4, progressing to 7x7
and finally moving on to 11v11
This structure is followed by leading
international academies worldwide.
Logic being lower the number of
players allows for more touches, more
time on the ball, more confidence
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3Impact on Communities
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Impact on Communities
# Social Benefits
Understand Competition
Team spirit, leadership,
timeliness
Inclusion
Increased fitness level
Changes in lifestyle
Back in the school
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# The Sports side
Two structured sessions a week
Chance to play in internal and
external tournaments
Chance to represent region, city,
state, nation etc
Impact on Communities
Play professionally
Access to sports quota for education
and career benefits
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Photographs © Soumik Kar http://www.flickr.com/photos/soumik
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Contact Information
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