Rudresh Gaudnour travels to Moscow for Gazprom FIFA Football for Friendship (F4F) Program
EL Play student Rudresh Gaudnour travels from Pune to Moscow for Gazprom FIFA Football for Friendship (F4F) Program Rudresh Gaudnour is a 7th grader from Pandit Dindayal EMS in Pune and an active participant of the EL Play football for leadership program for over 3 years. From over thousands of children who submitted their essays […]
Insights from Just For Kicks’ All-Star Program
Insights from EL Play’ All-Star Program “Sir, when is the next coaching?” asked an excited little Umesh, as I was walking out of the school. Just like I told the rest, I said “Soon, Umesh. I’ll keep you posted”. This particular question had overwhelmed me on the last day of the All-Star Program because almost […]
How football gave an identity to these boys from Chennai
How football gave an identity to these boys from Chennai I started my “Teach for India” journey at Anjuman Matriculation Higher Secondary School, a 125-year-old Muslim Charitable Organization, striving for the holistic growth of the orphan, destitute children through educational and vocational programmes. Anjuman’s primary objective is to provide a second chance for these children, […]
Young Indian Participating In Football For Friendship Games In Moscoaw Writes About The Opening Match Between Russia And Saudi Arabia
This post first appeared in APN News on Sunday, 8th July, 2018 Hi, I am Rudresh Gaudnour from Pune. I am 12-years-old and play football with my team Kothrud Wolves, as part of the Just For Kicks program at my school, Pandit Dindayal. I am representing India as a Young Journalist in Moscow at the […]
The goal is to improve fame of the game
This article first appeared in DNA India on the 10th of June, 2018, written by Shashank Rao Hardcore fans of football are ready with their jerseys and gears, listing the timetable of their favourite country’s matches this Football World Cup. But, there are some who don’t just watch football but live the game. DNA spoke […]
Just For Kicks is now a part of Enabling Leadership!
As teachers, Neha and I have been passionate about football. We knew how to work with it to teach – probably even better than the classroom subjects. So we used it to our advantage and built a team that was equally driven to use football as the transformational learning vehicle. Education had to be way […]
How Football Gave An Identity To These Boys From Chennai
I started my “Teach for India” journey at Anjuman Matriculation Higher Secondary School, a 125-year-old Muslim Charitable Organization, striving for the holistic growth of the orphan, destitute children through educational and vocational programmes. Anjuman’s primary objective is to provide a second chance for these children, who otherwise would not have received it at all and […]
Real success is when everyone wins
And that’s what happened at the annual music fest and football final match last week where children from four villages around the town of Dharwad (Karnataka, India) participated to show their skills and learnings, and all four of them emerged winners in the competitions! What started as our pilot program in the four villages of […]
Just For Kicks: This Young Woman Is Levelling The Playing Field Through Sport
This article originally appeared in Huffington Post on the 12th of April, 2016. Written by Suraj Katara It is the concluding day of the two-month-long School Football Championship 2016, one of the biggest interschool football tournaments in India with 225 teams representing a mix of low-income government and private schools as well as elite international […]
Commitments, obsession, heroes and triumphs – everyone plays with just for kicks
This article originally appeared in The Times of India on the 20th fo April, 2013 It was that time of the year, when a bunch of kids from Teach For India classrooms, all over Mumbai wore their shiny boots, sturdy shin guards, brand new jerseys and stepped on to that lush green football field to […]
