{"id":3834,"date":"2024-01-25T13:46:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T12:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scort.org\/?post_type=young_coach&p=3834"},"modified":"2024-02-23T15:44:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T14:44:50","slug":"parvati","status":"publish","type":"young_coach","link":"https:\/\/scort.org\/en\/young_coach\/parvati\/","title":{"rendered":"Parvati – India 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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At the young age of only 24, Parvati from Mumbai is a true role model. She could have been a child bride like her sisters. But she became a coach instead. She fought for her right to play sports as a woman, and even started her own NGO that uses sports to empower especially girls from poor families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI was born in Mumbai and grew up in a family with six girls. My parents don\u2019t have a formal education. My oldest sister had to get married when she was only 13 years old. I was afraid that this could happen to me as well, and that I would not have the chance to decide things on my own. When I was about eight years old, I wanted to do sports. My parents couldn\u2019t understand this, since I was a girl and a girl has to stay at home and shouldn\u2019t run around \u2013 especially not with boys.<\/p>\n

The moment my parents understood that sport is important to me, things started to change. I was allowed to take part in the \u201cMagic Bus\u201d programme and later on, I started to work with children as well. These kids have a similar background like myself and I wanted to support them. I was involved in establishing the Leher Foundation. As a woman, I could support a friend who founded this NGO and who wanted to support girls. I have coached the girls, because the parents trusted rather me than any man.<\/p>\n

At first, many of the parents were suspicious and didn\u2019t know why a girl should do sports. Soon, I found out how to explain the benefits of exercise to the parents \u2013 every kid needs to move and run around, through sports girls and boys can learn a lot. Telling my very own story helped winning the parents\u2019 confidence.<\/p>\n

Thanks to my commitment, I could even get into university. Therefore, I became a role model for the children and youth around me. To learn more skills and to widen my knowledge I decided to join the Young Coach-programme.<\/p>\n

Thanks to this training programme and my following nomination by Scort, I could even travel abroad and participate in the UN Youth Leadership Camp. In Korea, I could exchange with young people from all over the world, which was very valuable for my work and me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n

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