1. Slum Soccer
One Goal
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2. About Slum Soccer
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.
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.
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3. 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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4. Why Football?
We chose to work with football, in specific due to a number of reasons elucidated below
Easily affordable/accessible
Modifiable to suit our specific messages/needs
Inherent stickiness of messaging
World’s most popular sport
Still nascent in India, unique factor
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5. What We Do
Academy
Community Development
Project Young Stars
Nearly 650 to 700 underprivileged
people train in Slum Soccer
academies across 6 states on a
daily basis .
In addition to the sport of football,
participants and their families
attend workshops and are taught
essential life skills
Slum Soccer’s youth football
development program where
children start training from the
age of six
National Tournament
Women’s Football
Homeless World Cup
Annual Tournament attended by
teams from 16 states in the
country
Slum Soccer places great emphasis
on Women’s Empowerment and
Gender Equality. Our Women’s
program is as robust as the men’s
Annual Event attended by 72
nations. Slum Soccer represents
the country at the tournament
every year
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6. Grassroots Football Development
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7. 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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8. 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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10. 3
Impact on Communities
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11. 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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12. Impact on Communities
# The Sports side
Two structured sessions a week
Chance to play in internal and
external tournaments
Chance to represent region, city,
state, nation etc
Play professionally
Access to sports quota for education
and career benefits
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13. Contact Information
Photographs © Soumik Kar
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Email - reachus@slumsoccer.org
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