OSCAR uses the power of football to engage kids from the most deprived communities in India in education. With a vision to inspire young people to become young leaders and mobilise their communities to make positive social changes. OSCAR’s football, life skills and educational programmes equip youth with the tools they need to fight poverty.
The Movement for Good Award will make a profound impact on OSCAR girls and boys, providing a once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of the OSCAR Girls and Boys UK School Tour 2023. This event creates a platform for youth from both India and the UK to be part of a global community, to learn from and befriend their peers irrespective of nationality, religion, gender, caste or class. Pupils from the UK host schools engage with disadvantaged OSCAR kids and collaborate in educational and cultural workshops, football training and share in life’s challenges and successes.
The tour motivates the girls to stay in education, say NO to early marriage and youth pregnancy. The 18 OSCAR tourists return to their communities as role models, empowered with leadership skills and life experience, which they use to mentor 30 children twice a week. Over 4,000 OSCAR children are direct beneficiaries of Benefact’s philanthropy.
