Volunteering at YFC

Sat Sri Akal and hey everybody,

My name is Jasper and I am 18 years old. I am a volunteer from Berlin, Germany at the Youth Football Club Rurka Kalan and this is my first entry in this blog. I will stay in India for three months and I want to share with you what I experience and what is going on in YFC.

I just returned from a nearby village called Sang Dhesian and visited a primary school where YFC provides Sports for Development Sessions. In this program we try to convey messages and values to the children in a playful way. It was the first time I saw an Indian school and despite the limited facilities, I enjoyed the cheerful and enthusiastic atmosphere. The session was quiet fun. We played “Guess Who” for example and I had to act like a hairdresser or referee.

After a bumpy bus ride, I am now back in the YFC building where everyone except me (because I am writing this entry) is organising the Event Girls Play Girls Lead, which will take place in Rurka Kalan in November. Through the event we want to empower girls and we will have several workshops on Leadership Skills, Conflict Resolution and above all Gender Equality. We are expecting thousands of people to come to the opening-ceremony and I am already very excited. Of course you will get to know how amazing and incredible it was in my next entry. And there would be much more to tell but now I am making a short break and go upstairs to change for the training session at the ground of YFC. Today, I will conduct a football3 session with the U12 mixed gender team. It is a unique program, in which the kids have to develop own rules for the match and fair-play is as important as scoring goals.

I hope I could give you an impression! Until next time

Jasper