AAVART

Selection:

We decided on certain criteria for selecting the girls for this program. All the girls should possibly be from the ZP School of the respective area. They all should be of 10-12 years of age. After this, we travelled to multiple tribal villages meeting with the parents and teachers of these girls. The girls in their lifetime had not even moved out of their villages and we were asking their parents to send them to Nashik City, far away from their villages. It was a tough task to convince their parents. Initially & understandingly, the parents were very reluctant to agree to our proposal but we continued our efforts to convince them for almost three months. The main difficulty was we were hardly known to these people, they knew us only during sports tournaments. We kept manage on trying and finally succeeded. In the first year, we manage to convince 16 parents to send their daughters with us in the best interest of their daughters at this juncture. Now number has doubled and has reached 42 girls. The age group of the girls is between 1 to 18 years of age.

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Expert Support:

We have Mrs. Geetanjali Savale (NIS), Mr. Umesh Atawane, Mr. Ratn Sharma (NIS), Mr. Gaurav Dhemase (NIS) guiding our girls every day.

Diet is a very important part of every sportspersons life, considering this we have appointed a consultant dietitian Mrs. Pooja Khairnar and Dr. Amit Rawate as physio for our girls.

Practice:
Consistency is the key to success. Our girls practice Kho Kho morning 7-9 and evening 5.30 to 8.30 throughout the year.
 

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Staying facility:

We have hired two floors of Nashik Municipal school on a 30-year lease in the heart of the city for the
comfortable stay arrangement of the girls. with al facilities like a separate cot, mattress, locker, water purifier, washing machine, solar water heater, dining table, chairs etc. From the security point of view,
we have installed CCTV, fire alarm system. For entertainment and knowledge, we have provided TV, Radio. We have aimed to provide these girls with the best facilities, even better than one can get in a Government operated Sports Academy.
 

Meal:

Breakfast- 150 ml of milk, Eggs of Potato, Biscuits, Almond, Amul Cheese Cube, Poha, Umapa, Sabudana Khichadi or sprouted grains/beans etc. are provided daily.

Lunch/Dinner-Complete meal with non-veg (Egg Curry, Chicken Curry, Chicken Biryani) for twice in a week. Evening- Jaggery and peanuts or Chikki, Rajgira Chikki or RajgiraLadoo.

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Sports Kit:

Tracksuit, Two Sport Shoes, Two Sport Shirt &Short, T-Shirt, Yoga Matt, Skipping Rope, Water Bottle, Napkin, Kit Bag,Traveling Expenses, Lodging & Boarding Expenses for tournament.

Intro of Golf:

We see golf only on television, knowing this and to enhance the experience we took girls to River Side Golf Club which is 35 km away from Nashik. Here girls got actual the real-life experience of playing golf.

Way forward:

We have full faith in these girls and we are sure that in the next three years our team will be among
the top three teams in the country.

Three-year Plan:

• We are planning to increase the number of girls to 50 on the selection based on purely quality and talent.

• Provide the facility of Gym which will help the girls for fitness to perform better on the field.

• Buy a video camera to record the important matches.-Buy a screen and projector where we can show different sports events and so that they can learn the finest skills of various sports.

• Develop a sports library with books and videos

• Guide these girls for their academics and help them prepare for competitive exams

• Make them independent

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General Growth:
Along with sports career, we also believe that they girls should also develop their social skills.
They will be given a chance to see Dramas, Dance competition, painting exhibitions, flower exhibition, letter- Book exhibition. Being tribal Girls have very good in born skills in making sky lanterns, Rangoli, Diyas etc.

 

We also conduct various programs like kids poetry, inspirational speech etc ti helps in the overall growth and development of these girls. Girls have also visited the office of 'Sakal' newspaper and 'Vishwas Bank' to understand how these institutions work.

 

Banking:

Considering the importance of savings, On 1st January 2021 the girls started their own bank, named as "Aavart Bank". Girls have nominated 7 girls on director board for the bank and it is operated, the way a normal bank operates. All the members of this bank deposit a specific amount in this bank every month, this amount can be as low as 1 rupee. This helps to learn the importance and benefits of savings from a young age. We must be the only bank in India that is run by female sports person for the female sports person.

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