Cricket-for-Change - Shahid Afridi Foundation

Cricket For Change

What is Cricket For Change?

Cricket for change is the program initiated by Shahid Afridi Foundation with US Consulate Lahore to empower underserved youth of our society aiming to succeed in sports and life which is an utmost need of a sustainable long-term program that promotes a positive message as well as develops skills related to leadership, teamwork, healthy lifestyle, resilience, community service, time management, career, and financial planning. The tool that we used was Cricket for the said program as it is believed to be a good platform for promoting personal and community development in Pakistan.

Why Cricket For Change?

To empower the underserved Pakistani youth to succeed in sports and in life there is an utmost need of a sustainable long-term program that promotes a positive message and inclusive perspectives as well as develops skills related to leadership, teamwork, healthy lifestyle, resilience, discipline, community service, time management, career, and financial planning.

Key Indicators of the Project

The project has achieved the following milestones:

Total number of schools engaged: 10
Total number of teachers and community members engaged: 150
Total number of students engaged: 450
Total number of households engaged approx: 450
Additionally, the project has engaged 2,700 indirect beneficiaries, based upon an average household size of 6 members.

Cricket for Change - Camps

Under this program, a five-day training camp was designed for selected students; they were trained on cricketing skills by qualified and professional trainers and, simultaneously, on life skills also which is aimed to make them good sportsmen/sportswomen.

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