By Prabhat Sinha | Project Leader
Mann Deshi Champions: Mann Deshi Champions Sports Academy is a program of Mann Deshi Foundation that offers sports facilities, equipment, space, training and nutrition for children and youth in Mhaswad, India. The aim of the Mann Deshi Champions is to empower rural girls and create opportunities for them to broaden their physical and social skills through sports.
Facilities offered under Mann Deshi Champions Sports Academy
400 Meter Running Track, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Soccer and Handball Ground
Equipment’s for all the major sports
Dedicated trained coach
Sports Shoes and Kit
Nutritiously balanced Breakfast
Annual Medical Camp
Winter Camps with specialized Trainers from the City (Mumbai and Pune)
Leadership Development opportunities through social-motor Skills and personality development
Issues in India which will be addressed through Mann Deshi Champions Sports Academy:
47 % of Indian girls are married before the age of 18 and after school dropout they start working as laborer or get
married
In India 37.2 % women experience domestic violence and community abuse
World’s 30% illiterate population lives in India
Unity:In spite of India’s socio-cultural norms such as caste discrimination, sport has the power to bring everyone together. Mann Deshi’s Sports program is embedded to empower children through physical, social activities and education.
Experience Sharing: After the sports practice the breakfast session is used as the opportunity to gather boys and girls together in a casual environment. Every child should be given the opportunity to talk about achievements and challenges of their daily life and learn the daily life skills. . This session will consist of storytelling, motivational film watching and social game for education
Personality Development: The sports’ characteristics such as quickness, speed, alertness, team spirit, and strategies help athletes and especially the Mann Deshi Champions’ girls to become stronger, competitive and healthier. These characteristics are important for women in developing countries. Sports makes a positive contribution to the development of children. It increases confidence, builds life skills, swiftness, physical strength, and creates social networks. This results in to girl empowerment.
Mann Deshi Champions Sports Academy Curriculum: A well-designed sports curriculum is an effective platform for empowering girls in rural India.
Session 1: 6:00 am to 6:30 am Warm-up
Session 2: Morning 6:30 am to 8:15 am Practice.
In this session the instructor will teach the basic skills of various sports. At the end of the practice sessions there are practice games to make the children’s competitive
Session 3: 8:15 am to 9:00 am
Goals for 2016-18:
Empowering 100 Sarita’s (Athletes at the National level)
Advance Training for the Coach
Increasing Girls Participation
Starting Co-ed Field Hockey program
Advance Winter Camp for the Athletes
Equipment Stock- Specially Wrestling and Long Distance Run
Donors Support: Mann Deshi Champion’s program has been able to provide sporting equipment, running shoes, breakfast, training and upcoming Sports Summit to young rural children’s of India.
Upcoming Sports Summit Objectives:
To focus on holistic development of Mann Deshi Champions athletes
To conduct complete health checkup and plan follow up over the coming year
To create mentor mentee program for excellence
To provide exposure to current development, opportunities and resources in sports
To connect urban rural sports champions
Dates: First week of June 2016
Location: Mumbai
Curriculum for the Sports Summit:
Session 1: Interaction with athletes, and listening to their stories
Session 2: Mentorship from coaches
Session 3: Mentor – Mentee sessions and Counselling and Psychology tests
Session 4: Medical Checkup and Nutrition and Sports
Participants:
Mann Deshi Athletes: who were selected for National School of Sports
Coaches
Athlete celebrities
Friends of Mann Deshi
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