Journey to India with Goals for Girls

Overview:

Goals for Girls partners with organizations around the world that use soccer as a tool to tackle issues affecting girls in disadvantaged areas. India is one of the most challenging places in the world to be a girl, and experiences a lot of gender discrimination, and thus we have selected it as one of our main target countries. India has several organizations around the country that are using soccer, the most popular sport in the world, as a tool for community and personal development. For many girls in India, soccer is more than just a game: it is an important and innovative tool that provides a vital outlet to girls who are victims of poverty, social inequality, and increased health risk.

Our Next Program:  

This year’s Goals for Girls India program team will be traveling to Bangalore for 9 days in late December. During this program, participants will learn what life is like as a girl from disadvantaged areas in Bangalore (including introductions to education, healthcare, the power of sport, cultural practices, etc), and then will join around 200 under-privileged girls from all over India at the 6th Annual Goals for Girls Leadership Summit (a 4 day event). During this Summit, girls will learn how to become better leaders on the pitch and in their communities. 

This trip is potentially life-changing for all of the girls involved. This program will give the US program team the chance to empower their Indian peers while growing themselves; a true cultural exchange that will help tackle issues facing girls around the world, in turn helping to create true global citizens. 

How you can Help:  

We would like to invite you to join and follow this amazing journey and project, and to be a contributing member in making this opportunity reality. Even though you can’t physically be with us as we prepare for and execute this project, we invite you to join us in making a monetary contribution. Through persistence and hard work we have already garnered some financial support and are hoping to raise enough money not only to bring the Salt Lake City program team to India, but to also pay the costs for the 200+ Indian girls traveling to Bangalore for the Summit, which includes lodging, transportation, food, and on the ground programming.

Thank you for considering this request; we would truly appreciate anything you can do to help, even if it is just cheering us on from afar. If making a financial contribution is of interest, 100% of your contribution will be applied to our fundraising goals on this India project and all contributions are tax-deductible. Goals for Girls is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and will send a tax receipt for every contribution made. Thank you for considering supporting this project!