Some weeks ago we already introduced you to our Dharavi Runners and football girls Mahalakshmi and Christeena. Now we would like to unveil the rest of the team. Eight of our Dharavi runners are already sponsored by our very generous supporters. Find out how you can sponsor our remaining enthusiastic participants from Dharavi including the …
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August 14, 2012 In Dharavi Girls Football Academy, Our Volunteers By reality_g
Rose And The Football Girls
Rose has been volunteering with Reality Gives for around two months to research for a project about empowerment through sports. This is her story, telling also the current happenings in the Dharavi Girls Football Program: When the Dharavi girls’ football team took to the field for their daily practice earlier this week, two of the …
August 2, 2012 In Dharavi Girls Football Academy By reality_g
Our Football Girls Mahalakshmi and Christeena
Mahalakshmi is in 9th Standard. She joined the Dharavi team because she likes football and running. Although she had not playing football on a team before, she does play carrom board. She comes to practice every day. Her favorite drills include dribbling and heading. She would love to play a real match soon! At school, …
July 28, 2012 In Dharavi Girls Football Academy By reality_g
Our football girls Mansi and Pooja
Reality Gives is so happy to get great hard working volunteers on board from time to time. They always do a little bit more than expected! Laura for example who was in Mumbai in June to research for a Mobile English Language Learning Programme did also a great job creating profiles on our YEP students. …
July 10, 2012 In Our Supporters By reality_g
Aussie Rules Football Match
Every Wednesday and Sunday evening around 45 boys come together on the muddy ground at Shivaji Park to play a game that isn’t often seen in India – Australian Rules Football. But it’s not just the rules that are special – the game brings young people from different communities together. Australian national Lincoln Harris has …
July 2, 2012 In Dharavi Girls Football Academy By reality_g
The Final Football Fest
Despite Dry Day around 30 people came in the afternoon of Sunday, the 1st July to celebrate the Final Football Fest with Reality Gives and internations.org. Twelve teams with two players each participated in the Foosball Competition to win a bicycle tour of Reality Tours and Travel, two Reality Gives bags and a gift from …
June 26, 2012 In Dharavi Girls Football Academy, Our Supporters By reality_g
Frank Leboeuf Meets The Girls’ Football Team
The former Football World Cup champion and actor Frank Leboeuf visited Dharavi today, the 25th June 2012 to host a football training for the Reality Gives’ Girls Football Program. Leboeuf is currently in India to present the European Football Championship 2012. The French Ex-football player who is famous for his performance during the final match …
June 13, 2012 In Special Events By reality_g
The Mumbai Marathon 2013!
Registration in July for the Mumbai Marathon 2013is fast approaching! It will be a challenge but we know that we have great friends supporting us. The registration for the Full and Half Marathon takes place in July, for the Dream Run in September!
June 7, 2012 In Our Supporters By reality_g
Garage Sale In Canada and Marathon in UK
Every year in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada), in a neighbourhood known as The Glebe, there is a huge garage sale that is attended by people from across the city. It’s known locally as the Great Glebe Garage Sale. Nik Nanos, the head coach of a small soccer team, the Ottawa Royals Hellenic Boys U10 team, lives …
April 2, 2012 In Dharavi Girls Football Academy By reality_g
Yuwa Girls Football Program
Reality Gives and Yuwa will start a girls football for empowerment program in Dharavi by end of April. YUWA is an organisation with roots in the state of Jharkhand, in North Central India, a region infamous for child marriage, human trafficking and lack of opportunities for girls. Yuwa started its first football club in February 2009 …