An organisation that uses football as a tool for the social upliftment of downtrodden and at-risk youth, Slum Soccer, has tied up with Tata Trusts and Football Players Association of India (FPAI) to enable India's participation in the Homeless World Cup 2016
An organisation that uses football as a tool for the social upliftment of downtrodden and at-risk youth, Slum Soccer, has tied up with Tata Trusts and Football Players Association of India (FPAI) to enable India's participation in the Homeless World Cup 2016.
"The Homeless World Cup is an annual football tournament focusing on advocating a global awareness about homelessness.
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The current edition of the Homeless World Cup kicked off in Glasgow on July 9," a media release said yesterday.
The Indian team has been selected through extensive trials from a vast catchment pool of under-represented talent, the release said.
Slum Soccer, India's official partner to the Homeless World Cup for a decade, is using football as the medium to transcend race, religion, language and gender to bring about a change in the lives of slum dwellers through the beautiful game, it said.
As per the release, Slum Soccer has over 8000 at-risk youth enrolled in 37 centers across India.
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