Slumsoccer debut venture in the FA league is up to a great start this year. So far out of the 4 games we have won two game, drawn one and lost one.
CONTINUE READING →Since, it began in March 2011, the Slum Soccer’s 1st training center in Chennai has come of age. To reach out to the people displaced by a tsunami in 2006, we decided to start with a camp for around 25 children who belonged to an area called Nochikuppam, located near the world famous Santhome Basilica. Aged between [...]
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By Marisa Brown When I was sitting on the plane from Ghana to India on my way to work with Slum Soccer as a volunteer coach with Coaches Across Continents, I was searching for images I had for Indian football and couldn’t come up with anything. I knew that the country had a tremendous passion [...]
CONTINUE READING →Slum Soccer has been recognised for its efforts to promote football in India and use the sport to address the country’s social problems. We are immensely pleased to announce that Slum Soccer has been awarded the prestigious FICCI India Sports Award for the “Best NGO Promoting Sports” category for the year 2013. FICCI, or the Federation of Indian Chambers [...]
CONTINUE READING →Slum Soccer, conducted it’s annual Football First Training Program for coaches last month. It was a 5 day program where a number of budding coaches were trained in various aspects of football coaching. All the participants were from economically under-privileged background. The sessions were delivered by one of the academy products of the Slum Soccer, [...]
CONTINUE READING →Dr. Abhijeet Barse, CEO, Slumsoccer was elected as a board member of Street Football World this year in their General Assembly held in Lyon, France in December this year. He is the first Indian to hold such a post there. Street Football World is a worldwide known organization having presence in 50+ countries and with [...]
CONTINUE READING →The National Tournament of Slum Soccer is scheduled to be held in the capital city of Delhi, for the first time. The last edition of the tournament was held in Bangalore.
CONTINUE READING →Started as a project to help children from the streets to learn to play the game of soccer, Slum Soccer has gathered more mass as it rolled on over the years, expanding into every area for development that can help the player to tackle life, even outside the soccer field. The boys and girls and [...]
CONTINUE READING →In a way, these coaches have themselves become such exemplary citizens as they lead from the front, and the players follow them.
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