Y O U T H F O O T B A L L C L U B 2020-21

YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUBRURKA KALAN

ANNUAL REPORT2020-21

Activity 1: Sports for Development Project

Activity 1: Residential Football AcademyActivity 2: Residential Wrestling AcademyActivity 3: Kabaddi Academy

Activity 1: Computer Centre

Activity 1: Physiotherapy Centre for Players Activity 2: Physiotherapy Centre for Older PeopleActivity 3: Physiotherapy Centre for Special Needs

Activity 1: Free Eye Check-up and Operation CampActivity 2: Virtual Art and Craft competitionActivity 3: Technical skills classes for staff during the pandemic Activity 4: Covid-19 Awareness campaign through meetingsActivity 5: Sanitization of village’s local public placesActivity 6: Awareness campaign through posters of Government safety guidelinesActivity 7: Homemade reusable masks made by community ladies for needypeopleActivity 8: Free distribution of food packages to needy familiesActivity 9: Placed Check posts to restrict the outsiders to enter in the villageActivity 10: Youth mentors gave their service virtually to aware the localpublic regarding covid-19Activity 11: Social Distance Football3 TournamentActivity 12: Webinar on provide awareness on disability issuesActivity 13: Workshop on Raising Awareness about Disability IssuesActivity 14: Virtual Rakhsha Bhandan bracelets competition

PROJECT 1: PRAGATI – SPORTS FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

PROJECT 2: LAKSHYA - SPORTS FOR EXCELLENCE PROJECT

PROJECT 3: VIDYA – EDUCATION PROJECT FOR PLAYERS

PROJECT 4: HUNAR - SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

PROJECT 5: PHYSIOTHERAPY CENTRE

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUBRURKA KALAN ACTIVITIES2020-21

Y F C R U R K A K A L A N

Q1 FINANCIALSUMMARY

Activity 15: Webinar on construction of Soak pits to save water with slogan"Catch the Rain, Where it falls, when it falls"Activity 16: Webinar on provide information about rain water harvesting with aslogan "Catch the Rain, Where it falls, when it falls"Activity 17: Organised Youth Parliament and debate on sanitation and waterissuesActivity 18: A team of senior pedagogues and Research fellows from PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh visited YFCActivity 19: Workshop on ‘Mental Health and Child Safeguarding ‘incollaboration with ‘Coaches Across Continent (USA)Activity 20: Virtual Exchange Programme with students from MyanmarActivity 21: Virtual workshop on sharing the knowledge and raise awarenesson global issues by Jaspreet Kaur.

Grassroots Football Day Independence DayMenstrual hygiene day International Day of VolunteersHappy Mother's DayWorld Football DayWorld Human Rights DayNational Sports DayInternational Day of PeaceWorld Teachers DayInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.International Women´s Day at YFC.National Girl Child DayHappy International Workers DayInternational Yoga DayDiwali Celebration World Youth Skills DayNational Football Day

An autographed jersey by Arsenal's Mesut Özil to one of our YFC girls for herbest performance in YFC Baby LeagueYFC U-17 Girls got selected to have a live conversation with 4 National TeamPlayers from England, Norway, Spain and France YFC Rurka Kalan have been named one of the top ten football academies inIndiaYFC’s two wrestling players won bronze medals in Junior State F/S WrestlingChampionshipYFC’s two wrestling players won silver and bronze medals respectively in a U-20 Punjab State Juniors Championship

CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DAYS

ACHIEVEMENTS


Pragati means development in English. Pragatiis our flagship Sports for Development Project.It is being run in 40 villages/schools and all the5000 youth/children enrolled in YFC’s variousprograms attend these sessions. The program isintended to develop football at grassroots leveland change deep-seated attitudes, behavioursand practices. Young people selected andtrained from the communities and they deliverthese sessions.During the situation of Covid-19 it was notpossible to take children into the grounds andschools. So our Youth Mentors from our schoolstook the charge to engage the children invarious activities with the help of social mediawhichever were convenient to the children i.e.WhatsApp, YouTube etc. During these days, ourYouth mentors attend online webinars whichwere organised by the experts from the samefield to teach the Youth mentors that how theycan engage the children through other socialmedia channels. Moreover, Youth Mentors gottraining that how they can improve in theirintrapersonal skills and can give best resultsfrom their knowledge. Youth mentors engagedchildren with the help of lots of competitionssuch as painting competition, Art and craftcompetition etc. Children and our Youth Mentorsmade a strong bond between each other andour Youth mentors build a strong relationshipwith the parents of children and otherbeneficiaries.

PROJECT 1 : PRAGTI-SPORTS FORDEVELOPMENT PROJECT


The English word for Lakshya is target. Apart from running SoccerAcademy for day trainees, we also have a residential training centre for 55talented but needy soccer players from around the country. Thisresidential facility provides free boarding, lodging, education, and otherfacilities so that these children can attain their full potential. As part ofsports for excellence program, football training is provided to the childrenand youth in more than 30 schools/community centres.

YFC selects its residential trainees through trial and scouting and providesfree training, education and boarding and lodging to the players as themain purpose is to train them so they can play professionally. We haveenrolled 55 players of different age groups from different areas. Inaddition, the nutrition requirements of the trainees are also given dueweightage so that they can compete at the highest level. YFC alsoorganises trainings for the players by internationally renowned coacheshereby helping them in enhancing the capacity of the players. Apart fromsoccer training by qualified coaches, YFC also takes care of the educationof the residential trainees. These trainees are also provided extra-educational classes by YFC’s qualified staff of teachers and mentors

PROJECT 2: LAKSHYA – SPORTSFOR EXCELLENCE PROJECT

ACTIVITY NO. 1: RESIDENTIAL FOOTBALL ACADEMY


During the situation of Covid-19 itwas not possible to arrange anykind of stay at hostel of childrendue to their safety. So ourqualified coaches took the chargeto engage the children in variousactivities with the help of socialmedia whichever were convenientto the children i.e. Whats App,YouTube etc. During these days,our coaches attend onlinewebinars which were organised bythe experts from the same field toteach the skills that how they canengage the children through othersocial media channels. Apart fromit, coaches got training that howthey can improve in theirintrapersonal skills and can givebest result from their knowledge.Coaches engaged children with thehelp of lots of competition such aspainting competition, Art and craftcompetition and challenge theskills etc. During these days,children and our field staff made astrong bond between each otherand also build a strongrelationship with the parents ofchildren and other beneficiaries Sports Wing: - Rurka-Kalan Total No. of Trainees: Boys: - 55

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ACTIVITY NO. 1RESIDENTIAL FOOTBALL ACADEMY


YFC selects its residential trainees through trial and scouting and provides freetraining, education and boarding and lodging to the players as the mainpurpose is to train them so they can play professionally. In addition, thenutrition requirements of the trainees are also given due weightage so that theycan compete at the highest level. Apart from wrestling training by qualifiedcoaches, YFC also takes care of the education of the residential trainees. Thesetrainees are also provided extra-educational classes by YFC’s qualified staff ofteachers and mentors. During the pandemic of Covid-19 it was not possible to take children into thegrounds and schools. So our coaches took the charge to engage the childrenwith the help of social media whichever were convenient to the children i.e.Whatsapp, YouTube etc. During these days, our coaches attend online webinarswhich were organised by the experts from the same field to teach the coacheson how we can engage the children through other social media channels.Moreover, coaches got information on how they can improve their skills.

ACTIVITY NO. 2RESIDENTIAL WRESTLING ACADEMY


YFC running a KabaddiAcademy and selects its

trainees through trialand scouting and

provides boarding andlodging to the players as

the main purpose is totrain them so they canplay professionally. Inaddition, the nutrition

requirements of thetrainees are also givendue weightage so that

they can compete at thehighest level. But due to

the pandemic wholeprogram was stuck at a

point but our coacheswere continuously in

touch with the players sothat they can give them

training online and makethem fit while staying at

home.

ACTIVITY NO. 3KABADDI ACADEMY


In Hindi, the word for wisdom or knowledge is Vidya. This is the essence ofour education program and best describes it. Our education project is basedon values that encourage critical thinking, questioning mind, scientifictemperament, creativity, imagination, and holistic development. We workwith Government schools of the area. YFC’s work with in education entails:Supporting schools in gap filling like providing benches, uniforms, shoes,multimedia apparatus, Teaching Assistants/Youth Mentors; supportingschools in organising sports events; and supporting schools in developingand delivering sports curriculum.

YFC is also working on a curriculum/content for its beneficiaries (acontinuous process) where in all the beneficiaries have to attain a minimumlevel of understanding of different subjects to start with and then go on tohigher levels. YFC provides extra education classes to residential and non-residential football players.During the situation of Covid-19, it was not possible to take children into thegrounds and schools. So the teachers start collaboration with the coachesand took the charge to engage the children with the help of social mediawhichever were convenient to the children i.e. WhatsApp, YouTube etc. Allthe teachers, Youth Mentors and Coaches assigned them with differenteducational tasks such as their home work from school and other extraeducational tasks.

PROJECT 3: VIDYA EDUCATION PROJECT FOR PLAYERS

P A G E 0 8Y F C R U R K A K A L A N

In order to, enhance employability skills of football players and other needystudents. We provide them computer education under the Hunar (‘Skill’) Project,

we provide computer education to girls and boys and the courses offered are PostGraduate Diploma in Computer Application (PGDCA) and Diploma in Information

Technology (DIT). YFC Computer Centre is affiliated with Punjab Information &Communication Technology Corporation Ltd. (Punjab InfoTech), a Govt. of Punjab

Corporation as their Cal-C Centre at Rurka Kalan.

PROJECT 4: HUNAR SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

ACTIVITY NO. 1COMPUTER CENTRE

During the situation of Covid-19, the wholecomputer centre program was stuck but our

teachers were very passionate to use this periodin another way and use social sites and provide

educational material and assignments so thatstudents feel connected with their education


YFC is running a centre of physiotherapy for sportsinjuries of children and youth from surrounding areaswho need physiotherapy are treated free of cost. Wehave treated nearly 30-40 people every day. During thesituation of Covid-19 it was not possible to give anytreatment to any player because all physical activitieswere closed due to the pandemic. But our team ofphysiotherapists were regularly in touch with theirpatients and give them the solutions which they can usewhile staying at home and also they organisedawareness campaign with local public regarding howthey can protect themselves from the virus. They callregularly and meet personally to their patients so thatthey can help them in any way and physiotherapist usedsuitable social media channels whichever wereconvenient to the players i.e. Whats app, YouTube etc.

PROJECT 5: PHYSIOTHERAPY CENTRE

ACTIVITY NO. 1PHYSIOTHERAPY CENTREFOR PLAYERS

YFC is running a centre of physiotherapy for olderpeople who need physiotherapy are treated free ofcost. We have treated nearly 40-50 people everyday. During the situation of Covid-19 it was notpossible to give any treatment to any playerbecause all physical activities were closed due tothe pandemic. But our team of physiotherapistswere regularly in touch with their patients and givethem the solutions which they can use while stayingat home and also they organised awarenesscampaign with local public regarding how they canprotect themselves from the virus. They callregularly and meet personally to their patients sothat they can help them in any way andphysiotherapist used suitable social media channelswhichever were convenient to the players i.e.Whatsapp, YouTube etc.

ACTIVITY NO. 2PHYSIOTHERAPY CENTRE

FOR OLDER PEOPLE


YFC is running a centre of physiotherapy for special children from surrounding areas who needphysiotherapy are treated free of cost. We have treated nearly 10-15 people on regular basis. YFCprovides free pick and drop facility to the children so that they can easily reach the centre becauseit’s very difficult to handle a special child in public transportation. During the situation of Covid-19it was not possible to take children for treatment to physiotherapy centre. But our team ofphysiotherapists were regularly in touch with their patients and give them the solutions which theycan use while staying at home and also they organised awareness campaign with local publicregarding how they can protect themselves from the virus. They call regularly and meet personallyto the patients so that they can help them in any way and physiotherapist used suitable socialmedia channels whichever were convenient to the players i.e. Whatsapp, YouTube etc.

ACTIVITY NO. 3PHYSIOTHERAPY CENTREFOR SPECIAL CHILDREN


PROJECT 3: VIDYA EDUCATION PROJECT FOR PLAYERS

Free Eye check-up and operationcamp organised by YFC Rurka Kalanin association with Coventry MerciaLions Club UK and Ruby NelsonMemorial Hospital Jalandhar at theBaba Bhai Sadhu Ji Centre RurkaKalan on March 11th, 2020. About 615patients were examined during theevent and were later present whenspecial guests such as Dr. BhashaMukhrjee (currently Miss England),Mr. Ravinder Singh Sandhu (thepresident of Lions Club UK), Mr.Navjot Singh Mahal SSP and Dr.Rakesh Sachdev delivered a speech.

ACTIVITY NO. 1FREE EYE CHECK-UP AND OPERATION CAMP

ACTIVITY NO. 2VIRTUAL ART AND CRAFT COMPETITION

While staying at home allchildren were not find

themselves attached with YFCand felt very bored and want tostart such activities where theycan show their creativity. Thenthey made lovely miniature of

our YFC office from the upcycling challenge. They foundleftover materials very useful

and made such beautifulcreatures at home.


hile working at YFC and use the freetime to grow in our personalities andskills and used this pandemic slotwisely so our team joined a class in ITapplications with our Cal-C teacher toimprove our work off the pitch. Wholestaff members were the part of thisclass i.e. coaches, training andmonitoring officer, project managersand back office team. All have learntvarious skills such as how to use AdobePhotoshop, MS Excel etc.

ACTIVITY NO. 3TECHNICAL SKILLS CLASSES FOR STAFFDURING THE PANDEMIC


hile working at YFC and use thefree time to grow in our

personalities and skills and usedthis pandemic slot wisely so our

team joined a class in ITapplications with our Cal-C

teacher to improve our work offthe pitch. Whole staff memberswere the part of this class i.e.

coaches, training and monitoringofficer, project managers and

back office team. All have learntvarious skills such as how to use

Adobe Photoshop, MS Excel etc.

ACTIVITY NO. 4 COVID-19 AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

THROUGH MEETINGS


When more restrictions were lifted in India and people were keen to return to "normal", wetried to raise awareness for our new reality. Then we plastered the shops and streets ofRurka Kalan with safety guidelines for the community. Some of the most urgent topics:Wear a face mask while shopping, keep safe distance from other people and stay at homeif you feel unwell. Posters were placed posters on public place such as medical shops andother grocery stores to aware the most public so that they can follow the governmentguidelines and stay protected from this virus.

A great initiativewas taken byGram PanchayatRurka Kalan andYFC Rurka Kalanwas to sanitisethe public placesand try to stopthe spread ofCovid-19 virus.

ACTIVITY NO. 5: SANITISATION OF VILLAGE’S LOCAL PUBLIC PLACES

ACTIVITY NO. 6:AWARENESS CAMPAIGN THROUGH POSTERS

OF GOVERNMENT SAFETY GUIDELINES


At that time, whole community was suffering from financial crisis then a LocalSolution was found. To protect their community from the Coronavirus, localwomen in Rurka Kalan took to stitching 45,000 washable 3-layer masks. Beforedelivering the masks free of cost to all households in the area, we professionallydisinfected them.

Gram Panchayat Rurka Kalan and YFC distributed care packages to 1315households with urgently needed food supplies with the help of community andNon-Resident Indians, who came forward and helped financially in this time ofneed. District Chief of Police S. Navjot Singh Mahal personally came to facilitate thewhole initiative with the help of Gram Panchayat and volunteers.

ACTIVITY NO. 7:HOMEMADE REUSABLE MASKS MADE BYCOMMUNITY LADIES FOR NEEDY PEOPLE

ACTIVITY NO. 8:FREE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD PACKAGES TONEEDY FAMILIES


ACTIVITY NO. 9:PLACED CHECK POSTS TO RESTRICT THEOUTSIDERS TO ENTER IN THE VILLAGE

During the lockdown, movement between villages is restricted. People canonly enter the centre of the village for necessary grocery shopping orurgent matters. To be able to trace back infection routes, our volunteerstake name and address of everyone visiting Rurka Kalan.


YFC’s Youth Mentors have shown strengthand resilience in the face of the CoronaCrisis. These impressive young womenguided more than 2000 kids and theirfamilies through the lockdown byproviding information, awareness andmental relief through web-based sportsand education activities.

ACTIVITY NO. 10:YOUTH MENTORS GAVE THEIR SERVICE VIRTUALLYTO AWARE THE LOCAL PUBLIC REGARDING COVID-19


While staying at home children requested totheir coaches to organise some activitiesfollowing the government guidelines and thenYFC organised 3 days tournament at YFCstadium with collaboration of Fare NetworkEvent Football People Week (UK). In thistournament, 8 teams participated fromdifferent communities. In this tournamentcoaches lead the session of Football3methodology i.e what is football3, differencebetween football and football3, point system,fixed and open rules etc. After that themediators lead the respective matches.

ACTIVITY NO. 11:ACTIVITY NO. 11: SOCIAL DISTANCEFOOTBALL3 TOURNAMENT

ACTIVITY NO. 12:WEBINAR ON PROVIDE AWARENESS ONDISABILITY ISSUES

YFC organised a webinar with collaborationof Fare Network Event Football People Week.In the webinar prominent speakers providedawareness on disability issues. The worthyspeakers were Mr. Paul Glover (Head coachof Disability, West Bromwich AlbionFoundation, UK) and Arjuna AwardeeOlympian Mr. Rajinder Singh Rahelu (IndianParalympic Power lifter), Charlie Crawford(Team Leader, Coaches Across Continents,USA), Amar Sanghera (Special Education andMental Health expert, Newham CouncilLondon, (UK)) and Mr. Ajit Singh (SecretaryCerebral Palsy Sports Federation)deliberated on various aspects related todisabilities.


YFC organised a workshop on "Raising Awareness about Disability Issues" withcollaboration of Fare Network Event Football People week (UK) at ' Prernaspecial needs centre ' Rurka Kalan. In this workshop special children and theirparents joined from different communities. Parents shared the problems whichthey are facing with their children or disability issues with Chief Guest ' Ms.Param Saini' (Clinical Psychologist). She deliberated on awareness aboutdisability issues. During this event all Rotary Club of Rurka Kalan members andmid-town Rotarian member Mr Lupinder Kumar joined and lead the session.

ACTIVITY NO. 13:WORKSHOP ON RAISING AWARENESSABOUT DISABILITY ISSUES


YFC organised a workshop on "Raising Awareness about Disability Issues" withcollaboration of Fare Network Event Football People week (UK) at ' Prernaspecial needs centre ' Rurka Kalan. In this workshop special children and theirparents joined from different communities. Parents shared the problems whichthey are facing with their children or disability issues with Chief Guest ' Ms.Param Saini' (Clinical Psychologist). She deliberated on awareness aboutdisability issues. During this event all Rotary Club of Rurka Kalan members andmid-town Rotarian member Mr Lupinder Kumar joined and lead the session.

ACTIVITY NO. 14:ACTIVITY NO. 11: SOCIAL DISTANCEFOOTBALL3 TOURNAMENT

YFC organised a webinar withcollaboration of Fare Network EventFootball People Week. In the webinarprominent speakers provided awarenesson disability issues. The worthy speakerswere Mr. Paul Glover (Head coach ofDisability, West Bromwich AlbionFoundation, UK) and Arjuna AwardeeOlympian Mr. Rajinder Singh Rahelu(Indian Paralympic Power lifter), CharlieCrawford (Team Leader, Coaches AcrossContinents, USA), Amar Sanghera (SpecialEducation and Mental Health expert,Newham Council London, (UK)) and Mr. AjitSingh (Secretary Cerebral Palsy SportsFederation) deliberated on variousaspects related to disabilities.

ACTIVITY NO. 13:WORKSHOP ON RAISING AWARENESSABOUT DISABILITY ISSUES


ACTIVITY NO. 15:WEBINAR ON CONSTRUCTION OF SOAK PITS TO SAVEWATER WITH SLOGAN "CATCH THE RAIN, WHERE IT FALLS,WHEN IT FALLS"YFC organised a webinar in collaboration of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan onSaturday 20th March 2021 at 2:00 pm (IST). The webinar based on saving waterthrough construction of Soak pits to save water. The webinar was with slogan"Catch the Rain, Where it falls, When it falls". This webinar was delivered by Mr.Lupinder Kumar (Sub Division Soil and Water Conservation Officer, Jalandhar)and Mr. Nityanand Yadav (District Youth Officer, Jalandhar).

To engage the children our team decided to give them the challenge to createsome bracelets for Rakhsha Bhandan and gift it to their siblings. We think thekids never went this creative in the past years - almost everyone sent uspictures of their self-made gifts

ACTIVITY NO. 14:VIRTUAL RAKHSHA BHANDANBRACELETS COMPETITION


YFC hosted a webinar withcollaboration of Nehru YuvaKendra Sangthan, Jalandhar onMonday 1st March 2021 on 5:00PM(IST).The Webinar providedinformation about rain waterharvesting with a slogan "Catchthe Rain, Where it falls, When itfalls". We really thankful to ourspeakers Mr. Lupinder Kumar (SubDivisional Soil ConservationOfficer, Jalandhar) and Mr.Nityanand Yadav (District YouthOfficer, Jalandhar) for theirvaluable contributions toenlighten the participants.

ACTIVITY NO. 16:WEBINAR ON PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT RAINWATER HARVESTING WITH A SLOGAN "CATCH THE RAIN,WHERE IT FALLS, WHEN IT FALLS"

ACTIVITY NO. 17:ORGANISED YOUTH PARLIAMENT AND DEBATE ONSANITATION AND WATER ISSUES

YFC organised a "YouthParliament” with thecollaboration of Nehru YuvaKendra. The program included adebate on sanitation and waterissues. Nearly 80 young peopleparticipated in this program.


YFC hosted a webinar with collaboration of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan,Jalandhar on Monday 1st March 2021 on 5:00PM (IST).The Webinar providedinformation about rain water harvesting with a slogan "Catch the Rain, Where itfalls, When it falls". We really thankful to our speakers Mr. Lupinder Kumar (SubDivisional Soil Conservation Officer, Jalandhar) and Mr. Nityanand Yadav (DistrictYouth Officer, Jalandhar) for their valuable contributions to enlighten theparticipants.

ACTIVITY NO. 18:A TEAM OF SENIOR PEDAGOGUES AND RESEARCHFELLOWS FROM PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARHVISITED YFC

ACTIVITY NO. 19:WORKSHOP ON ‘MENTAL HEALTH AND CHILDSAFEGUARDING ‘IN COLLABORATION WITH ‘COACHESACROSS CONTINENT (USA)

YFC organised a "Youth Parliament” with the collaboration of Nehru Yuva Kendra.The program included a debate on sanitation and water issues. Nearly 80 youngpeople participated in this program.


YFC girls interacted with their friends from Football United Myanmar in VirtualExchange Programme and they discussed challenges faced during Covid-19pandemic and found solution in collective manner.

ACTIVITY NO. 20:VIRTUAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME WITH STUDENTS FROMMYANMAR

ACTIVITY NO. 21:VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE ANDRAISE AWARENESS ON GLOBAL ISSUES BY JASPREET KAUR

Generation Amazing (Development arm of Supreme Committee Delivery & LegacyFIFA World Cup 2022 ,Qatar ) organized second 'Generation Amazing Festival2020'.In this festival YFC Rurka Kalan delivered a virtual workshop on "How totackle Gender stereotype through Football". In this workshop Jaspreet Kaurshared the information about the Gender stereotype, types of discrimination,situation of Gender stereotypes in Punjab and shared success stories. She alsoshared the knowledge about the ways to break the chain of gender stereotypesthrough sports programs and raise awareness on this global issue.


To introduce football at the grassroots level we celebrated grassroots dayvirtually at Rurka Kalan with nearly 200 enthusiast participants from thecommunity. The objective of the event was to Promote Football for Allirrespective of their Age and Gender. All the participants were from the agegroup 12 years to 50 years which participated in online activities i.e. drawingcompetition, challenge others in physical activities on social sites etc. It wasreally fun to organize a completely different Grassroots Day this year. Reallythanks to our team for developing fun and educative remote activities for ourplayers.

GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL DAY

CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL ANDINTERNATIONAL DAYS


YFC celebrated Menstrual Hygiene daybecause Menstruation is a matter ofequality. People with periods miss out onopportunities in life when they cannotmanage their menstruation withNormalcy and Dignity. YFC organised anawareness session with mothers anddaughters on importance of Menstrualhealth and hygiene.

YFC celebrated International Day ofVolunteers. At YFC, we celebrated 20years of volunteering .Since ourinception in 2000; volunteerism has beenthe ethos and backbone of our missionto improve the lives of underprivilegedchildren and youth in rural areas. On thisday, we expressed our sincere gratitudeto all our national and internationalvolunteers who are contributing for theachievement of sustainabledevelopment goals at YFC.

On this special occasion our YFC’s kidscreate some these lovely pictures andminiatures for Indian Independence Day2020. For the 74th birthday of India, wecommitted ourselves to continueworking for our community throughsports and to foster tolerance, inclusion,peace and democratic values.

INDEPENDENCE DAY

MENSTRUAL HYGIENE DAY

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY


YFC celebrated Mother’s day and thanked all the great moms, who join theirkids at the tournaments. Who show their love and commitment and accompanythe little ones on their personal development journeys. All the mothers have alot at their hands during this lockdown and are probably just as impatient forthe programmes to start again.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF VOLUNTEERS


NATIONAL SPORTS DAY

YFC celebrated National Sports Day in Indiaand organised quiz competition on sportspersonalities and wanted to test the teams'knowledge on athletes and internationalsports.

WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

YFC celebrated the World Human RightsDay on 10th December 2020 to remind theworld how important it is to safeguardtheir rights to equality, peace, justice andfreedom. A year was to call out to theyouth of the world to stand up as theprotector of Human Rights. As thebelieves, "Never too young to change theworld".

WORLD FOOTBALL DAYYFC celebrated the power of football tounite the world and bring a sustainablechange in the lives millions of childrenand youth. We harness the power ofsports to make a change


Although 2020 has cut us off from our international friends due to thepandemic, we always feel part of a global community. For us, footballconnects people and unites them in their love for the game. We believefootball can contribute to peace around the world by teaching the values offriendship, tolerance and fair play.

YFC celebrated World Teachers Day very enthusiastically and our kids inRurka Kalan took this chance to thank their educators for their efforts andengagement before, during and after school lockdowns. A proper educationcan turn a life around for young people. They thanked their teachers andexpress their respect with the help of thoughts wrote on chart

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

WORLD TEACHERS DAY


YFC celebrated International Day for the Elimination of Violence AgainstWomen. We demand governments and civil society to move from words toaction and protect all women and Trans women in India and everywhere fromphysical and mental harm. At YFC, we stand united against any form ofgender-based violence!

As empowering women is one of its key objectives, YFC got the bunting out offor this year´s international women´s day! While all community events for girlstook place from 4th to 9th March. About 400 YFC girls and parents joined themajor function at the YFC stadium in Rurka Kalan whose overall aim was touse this specific day as an opportunity to further promote women´s rights inPunjab. The program, for instance, included various Sports for DevelopmentSessions, group discussions or joined small sided football matches.

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OFVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN´S DAY AT YFC


YFC celebrated International Workers day and thanked the great people whowork hard to improve our village and our community. We are grateful for theirlabour and the beautiful places they create in Rurka Kalan. In the period oflockdown, we support our workers and their families as best as we could. YFCalso distributed face masks for the protection of those, who currently work onsecuring Punjab's harvest to provide food for India

YFC organised National Girl Child Day in collaboration with AIFF. On this eventwe held various activities like football match & quiz competitions for girls.

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY

NATIONAL GIRL CHILD DAY

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAYYFC hosted a remote Yoga session with Youth Mentors and the U-17 team atsunrise. Also we organized a yoga session with the team for International Dayof Yoga. Although we would have loved to organize a big event like everyyear, this felt perfect for the current circumstances. The Team came together,focused and gathered energy & confidence for the challenges ahead.


YFC thanked their workers on World Youth Skills Day and recognize thestrategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment,decent work and entrepreneurship, and to highlight the crucial role of skilledyouth in addressing current and future global challenges. Globally, 1 in 6 youthare out of work due to Covid-19. UNESCO stresses youth will need to beequipped with the skills to successfully manage evolving challenges and theresilience to adapt to future disruptions". YFC is proud that Youth Mentorshave honed these skills through interactive learning, global exchangeopportunities with other young leaders and their daily work on and off thepitch. It is thanks to our resilient and adaptive Youth Mentors that YFC cancontinue working and support disadvantaged kids throughout the currentchallenges.

YFC celebrated Diwali with our children while give them the task to make somecreative miniatures to make this festival more beautiful. Children show theirskills in painting, Rangoli making, card making and diya decoration.

DIWALI CELEBRATION

WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY


YFC celebrated the power of football tounite the world and bring a sustainablechange in the lives millions of childrenand youth.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL DAY


YFC's Golden Baby League has beenrecognized as one of the Top Ten leaguesin India by the All India FootballFederation. They especially praised us forthe exceptional football development workwe do with young girls and women! Inhonour of best players, AIFF and YFCpresented our young talent Harjinder withthis exceptional award. YFC keepempowering girls in our communities onand off the pitch.

AN AUTOGRAPHED JERSEY BY ARSENAL'S MESUT ÖZILTO ONE OF OUR YFC GIRLS FOR HER BESTPERFORMANCE IN YFC BABY LEAGUE

ACHIEVEMENTS

YFC U-17 GIRLS GOT SELECTED TO HAVE A LIVECONVERSATION WITH 4 NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERSFROM ENGLAND, NORWAY, SPAIN AND FRANCE

Dolly and Manisha from YFC’s U-17 GirlsTeam got the chance to discuss women'sfootball, equal opportunities, racism andsocial change with Ada Hegerberg - 1stWinner of Ballon d'Or Feminine, EniolaAluko - more than 100 appearances forEnglish National Team, Blaise Matuidi -2018 FIFA World Cup Winner with FrenchNational Team and Juan Mata - Co-Founder of Common Goal and SpanishNational Team Player. It was anunbelievable experience for the girls.


YFC’s wrestling playersKushal and Mehikdeepwon bronze medals inJunior State F/SWrestling Championship,which was held atAmritsar.

YFC’S TWO WRESTLING PLAYERS WON BRONZE MEDALSIN JUNIOR STATE F/S WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP

YFC’S TWO WRESTLING PLAYERS WON SILVER ANDBRONZE MEDALS RESPECTIVELY IN A U-20 PUNJABSTATE JUNIORS CHAMPIONSHIP

YFC grapplers Sujal andKushal won silver and

bronze medalsrespectively in a U-20Punjab State Juniors

Championship held atMullanpur Garibdas

(Mohali).

YFC RURKA KALAN HAVE BEEN NAMEDONE OF THE TOP TEN FOOTBALLACADEMIES IN INDIAYFC got selected to participate in an analysis by double pass,as part of the High-Performance Program of FIFA! The goal ofthe FIFA project is to conduct a global analysis of the high-performance ecosystem in both men’s and women’s football,including all national teams, domestic leagues, and the topacademies. As YFC, we are so proud of this achievement. Welooked back at how we started as a group of local youth triedto provide free of charge football practice to disadvantagedyouth, we almost can't believe that less than two decadeslater we are among the top academies of our country


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DISTT: JALANDHAR– 144031PUNJAB, INDIA

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