OSCAR Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering children and youth from underserved communities through a unique blend of life skills education and sports-based interventions. Founded in 2010, OSCAR uses football as a medium to impart essential life skills such as communication, problem-solving and decision making, which are crucial for overcoming challenges related to caste, gender, and poverty.

Operating in urban slums and rural areas across Mumbai, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Daman and Diu, OSCAR Foundation’s programs aim to build resilience in children, preparing them to face future challenges and succeed in life. OSCAR also focuses on promoting gender equality, providing girls with the opportunity to participate in sports and life skills training, thus challenging traditional gender norms. By creating a supportive and inclusive environment, OSCAR not only impacts individual participants but also drives long-term, generational change within communities, breaking cycles of poverty and inequality.

Appeal

We appeal for your support to help OSCAR Foundation continue its mission of empowering underserved children and youth through life skills education and sports. Your contribution will directly impact our football and life skills programmes, which equip children with essential skills like communication, problem-solving and teamwork, enabling them to overcome challenges related to caste, gender and poverty.
Funds raised will be allocated to expanding our reach in urban slums and rural areas across Mumbai, Karnataka and Rajasthan. Specifically, donations will support the training of local coaches, purchase of sports equipment, safety net and organisation of community events that promote gender equality and inclusivity.

Objectives of Programme
- To develop age appropriate life skills among children and youth
- To build technical football skills among children and youth
- To raise awareness about gender, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and inclusive attitudes among children
- To develop community champions through leadership training programmes
- To ensure that children in the program continue school till 12th grade
- To raise awareness among parents and the community about development of children.

Project deliverables
This programme will support the younger kids, a group of 30-35 children each batch. The age group of 7 to 12 and it's an ongoing project. Children will have access to different activities and exposures such as
- Regular Football and life skill sessions are conducted. Yearly 36 sessions are delivered on football and life skills. Every group will have 2 coaches.
- Football skill test Pre and post to evaluate the progress of the children
- Parents Meeting and home visit - twice a year parents meeting and a home visit is conducted to engage parents and update them about OSCAR programmes and their children's progress and development.
- Children Meeting- Quarterly children meetings are conducted to review the progress of children, understand their performance at school and address any problems they may be having
- Outdoor Exposures/Visits - Various outdoor activities and visits are organised where children get opportunities to visit and LIVE watches such as IPL, ISL, field visits etc.
- Events & tournament - Every team/ batch participates in different local football tournaments and internal tournaments such as International Women Day, Annual Football Day, etc. Few children get opportunities to play for I-League

Monitoring & Evaluation - To ensure effective implementation of programmes, activities coaches maintain hard copies, records of sessions reports. To see that data is captured accurately OSCAR inputs the data in the UPSHOT software to monitor the outcomes and impact.