Ashok Rathod is the founder of OSCAR Foundation[1], an Indian non-profit working on sports and education from Mumbai.
OSCAR Foundation
OSCAR Foundation is a Sports for Development nonprofit that uses football to keep children in school, enforcing a 'No School, No Football' policy alongside an AIFF-accredited coaching curriculum and life-skills training. Since 2010 it has grown to 131 locations across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Goa and Daman and Diu, reaching around 40,000 children.
OSCAR Foundation reports the following, on its own site:
- 40,000+ children impacted to date
- 20,000+ children currently engaged
- 1,150+ Young Leaders trained to date
- 160+ children sent on international exposure visits to 13 countries
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