Rurka Kalan's YFC representative to attend FIFA Football for Hope forum in Brazil

Sanjeev Parmar, as representative of Youth FC from Rurka Kalan in Punjab, will be attending the FIFA Football for Hope Forum being held in Brazil from June 26 to 29, 2013.

Rurka Kalan’s YFC is very excited to receive the invitation for the official event of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, named as Football for Hope, which will be organized by FIFA, the 2014 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee Brazil and the Host City of Belo Horizonte. Out of 200 teams from around the world who applied, only 32 of them have been selected.

The FIFA Football for Hope Forum is a unique opportunity for the young football communities to interact and exchange experiences with the world’s leading professionals in development through football – from grassroots organizations working at community level to sports governing bodies, global corporations and development institutions. FIFA’s FFH programme will include presentations, workshops and training sessions covering the most important issues related to football’s contribution to social development as well as the legacy of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.

The Youth Football Club in Rurka Kalan is a social service organization which is working selflessly since 2001 to contribute to the society in terms of ‘Youth for Change’. Defender Anwar Ali is a YFC alumni and the YFC youngsters had won the 2010 Street Child World Cup held in Durban, South Africa.

YFC is fulfilling its goals through working hard in the fields of sports for development, drug de-addiction equality, improving employability and quality education.

Every year, about 1,000 youngsters are nourished under YFC at 10 regional centers across Punjab located in the Attari village near the Indo-Pakistan border, Allona tolla (near Khanna), Jalandhar coaching centers including the villages of Rurka Kalan, Bhodey Saprai, Kahna Dhesian, Chak Muglaani, Shankar, Jandiala, Bundala and Bilga.

For empowerment of females, YFC is running computer centers for about 100 students, supporting government primary schools and all of these services are provided to the underprivileged without any fees or distinction on basis of caste, religion, creed and race.

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