The Game is Much More Than Play
Enabling leadership through football https://youtu.be/ZTasFHFsbe4 Owing to its focus on play, “sport for social development” has taken off in the recent past all across the globe. From children affected by war in Syria, to children in South Africa receiving crucial AIDS awareness and medical care, programs are increasingly using sports like football and basketball as […]
Kick the Ball: How a football team in a Mumbai school learns to express anger
Launched in 2011, our program EL Play works in low-income and government schools through football to build leadership skills in students. At present, the EL Play program reaches over 4000 children in India across selected schools in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and villages in Dharwad. Through this story we explore how the EL Play […]
Meet our Student Leader: Sandesh
Meet our Student Leader: Sandesh At “EL Play”, football is used to enable leadership and life-skills for children in India. Meet one of our students Sandesh, and hear about how football can be an incredible tool for learning and leadership! https://youtu.be/mKnAqKFXxqk
It Wasn’t Winning that Taught Us the Most
When we had signed our four teams up for EL Play this year, our only objective was for the kids to have fun playing. As we were a first-year team, we didn’t set very high expectations of winning football games at the EL Play League which was a part of the program. We focused solely […]
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, […]
Music in the lanes
This article first appeared in The Hindustan Times on 21st April 2011, written by Namya Singh It is a youth movement that aims to help street children, orphans and runaway youngsters with the aid of music. Music Basti, the brainchild of 23-year-old Faith Gonsalves, helps underprivileged children and youngsters by imparting to them the knowledge […]
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 […]
