Sport is so much more than just a game. It is a tool for transformation we strongly believe in! We, at Sportz Village Foundation, complete 5 years touching upon the lives of lakhs of children through sports. And it is still quite overwhelming to realize the positive change ‘play’ promotes in children from disadvantaged backgrounds - in terms of physical and mental health, sports excellence, education and academic performance, gender empowerment & inclusion, and youth leadership. There truly is a sense of achievement and pride as we see children playing in our partner schools, Sport Development Centres (SDC) or High-performance Learning (HPL) Centres and as we inch a little closer towards Sportz Village’s mission of getting 100 million children to play.
We would like to celebrate this milestone by acknowledging the unwavering support from our partners in #SportForChange, for incredible authenticity and willingness in creating tremendous opportunities for children from Government schools in various parts of India. Investing in Sports for children sets them to be crusaders in the fulfillment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as the child’s Right to Play as per UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (OHCHR).
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Happy to share some more positives notes from the past quarter:
SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT - CAPACITY BUILDING
Laureus and Sportz Village Foundation join hands for 'Sport for Good City Delhi’
Sportz Village Foundation conducted a 2-day ‘Sports For Development’ (S4D) workshop for 23 program managers of the Laureus ‘Sport for Good City Delhi’ initiative in Seemapuri. go is part of a global initiative by Laureus that uses the ‘Model City’ approach to improve the lives of local communities using sport as a catalyst for the change in terms of gender equality, health, hygiene, education and life-skills development.
The S4D workshop conducted by the Sportz Village Foundation focused on capacity building of the program managers of the Laureus initiative w.r.t. curriculum/pedagogy, infrastructure, resource management and best practices in S4D. The participants included coalition members from 3 NGOs viz. Cequin, Pardarshita, Slum Soccer, a local NGO as well as youth representatives/coaches for the program in Seemapuri.
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SPORT FOR CHANGE - NEW LAUNCH
'Sport for Change' program launched in Govt. schools in Bengaluru region, supported by The Muthoot Group
Sportz Village Foundation, with the support from The Muthoot Group, launched ‘Sports For Change’ program across a selected cluster of government schools in the Bangalore region. The Muthoot Group CSR initiative aims at driving change in educational and developmental outcomes of underprivileged children through the magic of sports.
Through this partnership, Sportz Village Foundation baseline sports education program and structured sports curriculum will be introduced and implemented at the government schools covering more than 1200 children from Grade 1 to 5 with an objective to improve fitness, academic and social-emotional levels of the children.
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SPORT FOR CHANGE - ANCHORED BY EMPLOYEE-VOLUNTEERS
'Sports Really For All' by Decathlon and 'Sport for Change' by Sportz Village Foundation find a common ground
Under a unique partnership with Decathlon, we launched our in-school Physical Education program in a cluster of schools in Bengaluru and Delhi NCR with an aim to ensure smooth return of over 2000 students (grades 1 to 8) to schools and improve fitness, academic and social-emotional levels of the children.
The program also aims to engage Decathlon employee volunteers. 31 employee volunteers, trained by SVF team, will implement the Sportz Village structured sports program and curriculum in the partner schools with continued capacity building, execution support, monitoring and impact assessments by SVF.
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SPORTS EXCELLENCE - LONG TERM ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT
15000+ students engaged in Sports Excellence and structured P.E. Programs under the HCL Foundation initiative Under the HCL Foundation’s special initiative HCL Uday, we continue to implement various ‘Sport for Change’ programs in partner schools. HCL Foundation aims at enabling balanced participation, excellence and holistic development through a high-quality and inclusive sporting experience for children and youth from disadvantaged communities. The current outreach focuses on a selected cluster of schools in Noida & Lucknow regions.
15000+ students were engaged and benefited through our programs focused on 1. Baseline - Sports Education 2. Sports Development and 3. High-performance Learning. We have set-up 12 Sports Development Centers for talented student-athletes, imparting a Sports Excellence Pathway in sports viz. Cricket, Football, Volleyball, Kabaddi and Athletics. Selected students are imparted special training by expert coaches at High Performance Learning centers. We also distribute sports kits as well as nutritious food to motivate students to participate, practice regularly and improve their performance. Students are given match exposure through friendly and inter-school matches, and several performing students go on to represent at district, zonal, state and national level.
Special Achievement: A total of 20, 16 and 11 students got selected for District, State and National level games respectively.
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SPORT FOR CHANGE - IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
Godrej Agrovet supports Sportz Village Foundation expand outreach to 16 schools and 3240 students in Punjab and Andhra Pradesh regions
Godrej Agrovet believed in the power of sport towards the achievement of three SDGs viz. Good Health & Well-being, Quality Education and Women Empowerment. With their support, Sportz Village Foundation expands the outreach in 16 schools covering 3000+ students. SVF performed baseline assessments for fitness quotient (FQ), school attendance and socio-emotional learnings (SEL) in both the regions, which will be followed by midline and endline assessments in Oct’22 and March’23 respectively. The program is aimed at introducing structured sports education curriculum in schools to improve aforementioned metrics.The program will also focus on broadening the talent pool for sports in the schools.
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MEDIA & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Sportz Village Foundation collaborates with India's leading CSR knowledge and impact media platform CSRBOX. Read More
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FOR TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH
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