really great move by Kerala Blind Football Federation. I am amazed with delight to read this news.
On 5/11/16, Renuka Warriar Edakkunni <[email protected]> wrote: > KOCHI, May 11, 2016 > Updated: May 11, 2016 01:43 IST > Enabling the visually challenged to live their football dreams > > M. P. Praveen > The academy is being planned as an incubator, where inmates will be > given football and vocational training. > The academy is being planned as an incubator, where inmates will be > given football and vocational training. > India’s first football academy for the visually challenged to come up > in Kochi by year-end > > Their vision may be impaired, but their dreams need not be. > > As visually challenged footballers imagine their own Lionel Messi and > Christiano Ronaldo acts, support is in the offing to light up those > dreams. A football academy for the visually challenged, claimed to be > India’s first, is likely to turn operational in Kochi by the end of > this year. The primary goal is to build a national squad capable of > qualifying for the 2024 Paralympics. The academy will be run by the > Kerala Blind Football Federation. > > Last September, the Indian blind football team had a crack at > qualifying from Asia for the Rio 2016 Paralympics. The eventual > qualifiers Iran and China trounced India and the country ended up with > a devastating five straight defeats. > > “We are already in talks with a few pan-India corporate houses for > support. The academy is being planned as an incubator, where the > inmates would be given both football and vocational training – the > latter to enable them to pursue an independent life,” said Sunil J. > Mathew, sporting director of the Kerala Blind Football Federation, an > initiative of the Kochi-based Society for Rehabilitation of Visually > Challenged (SRVC). > > The academy would need an initial investment of around Rs. 50 lakh for > the first year. Its operations would be scaled up in due course, > depending on corporate support and the demands of potential > beneficiaries. > > Initially, a batch of 20 talented young players, including those who > have already played for India, would be admitted to the academy. > > Source: > http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/enabling-the-visually-challenged-to-live-their-football-dreams/article8581579.ece?homepage=true > > Comments to: [email protected] Copyright© 2016, The Hindu > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Skype: nitesh.gupta185 officer, Oriental bank of commerse, in Lucknow. "good person is not one who thinks good but he is one who does good. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
