By Misbah Rasheed | Asst. Program Manager
Karachi United is dedicated to promoting youth participation in sports and empowering young athletes. In their Youth Mentoring session, seven female footballers mentored 50 aspiring female footballers, focusing on mindset training, new opportunities, and overcoming obstacles. The session lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes and addressed the various hurdles and obstacles that young female athletes face while trying to make a name for themselves in sports. The women's team manager also mentored them, and these mentorship sessions are essential as they provide young girls with the necessary exposure to sports.
The Academy Tour to Qatar allowed young athletes to train at fully equipped facilities under the guidance of football experts, fostering sportsmanship and friendship. In September 2023, Karachi United Academy's Under 11 and 12 teams visited Aspire Academy for friendly bilateral and tri-series matches. During the visit, the young athletes played three matches each, trained at the Academy's facilities, watched a local football league match, and returned home with renewed hope and inspiration for their future in the sport.
The Train the Trainer Program aimed to address the gender gap in football coaching by training aspiring female football players to become coaches in the future. Karachi United conducted this 3-day coaching camp in October 2023 in collaboration with the National Commission of Human Rights Pakistan. The primary objective of the camp was to comprehensively cover five essential players' development factors, including tactical, technical, social, mental, and physical skills. On the final day of the coaching camp, Karachi United invited the sports minister of Balochistan to be the chief guest to enlighten the new trainers about sports opportunities in Pakistan.
The Karachi United Academy players participated in a series of friendly matches with football teams from community centers and other football organizations in Karachi. In October 2023, Karachi United collaborated with the Deputy High Commission and Chevening Alumni Association to play a series of friendly matches to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Chevening scholarship program. The Pakistan national team and the Karachi United women's team also participated in both teams to promote inclusivity and healthy competition.
Finally, the School Championship Brand Ambassadorship Program recruited 20 brand ambassadors from schools across Karachi to promote the mission of Karachi United, which is to use sports for development under KU's mentorship. The ambassadors were also tasked with identifying young aspiring football players for the upcoming School Championship Program. The training session included commentary training by KU director Ali Ata and a two-hour storytelling session hosted by Pakistan's biggest digital content creator, Irfan Junejo, focusing on using digital platforms to promote football missions and creating content fundamentals to reach more people for football development and to document their journey with Karachi and the School Championship.
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