Tata AIA Life Insurance football coaching initiative

NEW DELHI: Tata AIA Life Insurance, through its unique initiative ‘Bachhpan ka Rakshakaran’, in association with Oscar Foundation, aims to infuse interest in education for the under-privileged girls, using football coaching as a medium. 

This in turn is expected to counter issues like school dropouts, child labor, child marriage, drug abuse and vulnerability to petty crime and makes Tata AIA Life their Rakshakarta.

Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, Tata AIA Life Insurance invited AIA Hotspurs celebrity coach Anton Blackwood on Wednesday to train a team of 35 under-privileged girls, aged 12-16 years, belonging to the Oscar Foundation. The coaching was also offered to 22 trainers and Young Leaders from the MMRDA region.

The full day coaching session was organized at Astra Turf, WIFA, Cooperage, Colaba in Mumbai.

Through Tata AIA’s Bachpan ka Rakshakarn programme, a global partnership with Tottenham Hotspur, the company offers access to Premier League level coaching. Girls could learn what it takes to become a footballer, the basic skills required together with an overview of how to live a healthier life. The coaching will help with life skill sessions, remedial education to strengthen the basic subjects taught in school through extra classes and help them in being proficient in reading and writing.