By Ashish Gupta, Magic Bus volunteer photographer |
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What is Magic Bus?
Magic Bus is a non-profit working with 250,000
children, in 17 states, with some of India’s most marginalised neighbourhoods, using sport as a mechanism to institute behavioural change. It steers
children towards a better life with better awareness, better life skills, and
better opportunities, in the journey from childhood to livelihood.
Find more about Magic Bus here: www.magicbus.org
What is International Day of Sports for
Development and Peace?
“Due to its vast reach and unparalleled
popularity, sport is ideally positioned to contribute towards the United
Nations’ objectives for development and peace. To raise awareness of this
potential, 6 April has been declared as the International Day of Sport for
Development and Peace (IDSDP) by the UN General Assembly.” Find more about IDSDP here : april6.org
The Magic Bus programme involves the delivery of weekly sports for development sessions to spread awareness about education, gender ,health, leadership and livelihood.
The Magic Bus Football Team is a specialised
programme that selects children from the overall pool and trains them in
football. Apart from training the players in football, Magic Bus Football Team
also helps the kids build personal, social and team building skills.
What do you think is the powerful tool nowadays
for learning and awareness?
Internet. It has become so much a part of how we live that few recall what life was like without it. News? Learning? Online Training? Locations? You name it. The Magic Bus Football Team Bangalore, conducted an online training session to make players aware of the knowledge and power of internet, content on Youtube, blogging and sharing their vision through it. The players were fascinated when they came to know how a small document shared by someone can touch so many lives.
Internet. It has become so much a part of how we live that few recall what life was like without it. News? Learning? Online Training? Locations? You name it. The Magic Bus Football Team Bangalore, conducted an online training session to make players aware of the knowledge and power of internet, content on Youtube, blogging and sharing their vision through it. The players were fascinated when they came to know how a small document shared by someone can touch so many lives.
How often do we get to share our life’s vision?
How often do we change our life’s goals? How many of us truly follow our
interests and do what we love rather than doing what we are forced to do. Magic
Bus conducted a session on ‘My Dreams, My Future’. Every mentor shared how
their life has changed from childhood to livelihood and how they are chasing
their dreams. It was fascinating to hear when the players share what they
wanted to be in the future. Magic Bus, through their mentorship program helps
these children in shaping their future.
On the event of International Day of Sports for
Development and Peace, Magic Bus conducted an online training session on April
6th. This photo story is a small attempt in supporting their cause.
The Day started with the ‘Introductions’. Each
player and mentor introduced themselves with their favourite football move.
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Mentors then shared a video to start the day.
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| Magic Bus IDSDP – Discover365 Project – Day85
Mentors explained the strategy and tactics, mannerisms, techniques, formations, styles of other practicing and professional footballers.
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The players and mentors surfed the web collaboratively to come up with a video on a chosen theme. It also helped them understand the importance of working as a team.
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| Magic Bus IDSDP – Discover365 Project – Day85
The Players then explained what they learned from the drill in front of their peers and mentors.
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After having lunch and dancing to some good music, mentors and the players discussed the topic “My Dreams, My Future”. The mentors shared how sport can provide so many employment opportunities. The Kids then shared their vision. We spoke face to face with future soldiers, doctors, musicians, football players, archaeologists etc.
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The Players then laid out their dream by designing a poster of their vision.
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The Pilelo-Ho Shout-Out
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The Magic Bus Football Team, Bangalore
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Change !! Change is needed. Within us, within the people around us. Magic Bus is doing an excellent job in bringing a change through sport.
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I have been working with Magic Bus as a volunteer photographer since October 2013. It has been an eye opener for me. It helped me understand how sport can help change so many lives.
Special thanks to the mentors for sharing their knowledge on football,and its role in development:
Special thanks to the mentors for sharing their knowledge on football,and its role in development:
- Mithran Sudhir, MBFT volunteer football coach
- Amal Jeevan
- Vikram Philip Rajkumar
- Prashant Abhishek
- Vivek Chockalingam
- Pritha Chakravarti
- Abhijit Sinha
- Sushil Chandekar
- Manoj Kumar
- Shaona Sen, MBFT Manager, facilitator
- Amal Jeevan
- Vikram Philip Rajkumar
- Prashant Abhishek
- Vivek Chockalingam
- Pritha Chakravarti
- Abhijit Sinha
- Sushil Chandekar
- Manoj Kumar
- Shaona Sen, MBFT Manager, facilitator
Article Source: Photo essay by Ashish Gupta, Volunteer at Magic Bus.
Original Article: http://bit.ly/discover365
Photos by: Ashish Gupta
Original Article: http://bit.ly/discover365
Photos by: Ashish Gupta
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