Malvern College had the pleasure of hosting 16 children from the OSCAR Foundation, based in Mumbai, for two days as part of their two-week tour of the UK. The College has been supporting the educational work of OSCAR since 2017 and our pupils raised £6000 to help fund the tour.
About OSCAR
The OSCAR Foundation was founded by Ashok Rathod, who grew up in the second largest slum in Mumbai. His mission was to teach children about education. He quickly identified football as the tool of engagement, implementing one rule, No School, No Football. OSCAR now has over 7,000 children regularly attending school and has impacted the lives of 14,000 children since 2010.
Whilst at Malvern, the eight boys and eight girls took part in a range of activities that included learning the art of enamelling in Art & Design, swimming, indoor climbing and playing football against our boys’ and girls’ teams.
A particular highlight for us all at Malvern was the OSCAR presentation in Chapel on Saturday when the OSCAR girls performed a beautiful, traditional Indian dance in their saris and one of the OSCAR girls, Vishali, delivered a very powerful message about female empowerment and standing up for one’s dreams and aspirations in the face of opposition within her own rural community to her playing football.
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