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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, has named the Delhi-based NGO STAIRS as part of the Steering Committees for a number of upcoming football events and programs in India.
The four tournaments and programs are the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, the BRICS Under-17 Tournament, Mission XI Million Program and the Pilot Program of the Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society.
In football they organise the STAIRS School Football League (SSFL) in New Delhi besides a football program in Gujarat.
The NGO STAIRS has been active for a number of years in working towards sports, education, health and skill development of children across India.
The organization is driven by the mission to facilitate the process of creating an enabling environment for children to exercise their ‘right to play’ and create a support system to elevate them. Its vision is to guide youth for their holistic development by channelizing their energy towards meaningful activities, thus bringing about a positive and constructive thinking that results in prosperity.
STAIRS programs include training camps, tournaments and championships, thus providing a platform to these children to hone their skills and showcase their talent. STAIRS taps in to the potential talent and provides opportunity to climb up the stairs of social empowerment and shape character by inculcating a sense of belongingness in the society. Some of the STAIRS beneficiaries are currently playing at the national and international circuits and earn laurels for the country.
STAIRS is currently the largest organization that ensures youth development through sports. With focus on achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through sports, over 200,000 children play – without having to spend a penny – ‘every day’ at 400 STAIRS Training Centres in over 4,000 villages across seven states in India. Over 2 million lives have already been touched and changed through STAIRS’ interventions and the organization is steadily scaling and increasing its reach with an ambitious aim to touch one billion lives by 2020.
