Panaji
Going to School, a creative not-for-profit trust, in partnership with the Government of Goa and Echidna Giving, organised ‘Match Day 2024’ in Majorda to celebrate the power of sport, especially football, in equipping girls with skills to succeed in life and solve the climate crisis.
With priority given to the girl child, the day began with an engaging discussion with the team of 11 girls who feature in the upcoming TV series on football made by Going to School. The dynamic conversation moved between the power of play in learning skills and the enterprising solutions girls had designed to enable them to play football in India and practice their digital skills to design enterprise solutions for climate change.
Former Indian national footballers Roberto Fernandes and Denzil Franco were chief guests at the event. Other guests included representatives from the Government of Goa, Going to School, Echidna Giving, principals of government schools and more than 700 girls from across the state.
Going to School has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Goa to run the Outdoor School for Girls programme, a skills-sports educational program for girls in government schools. Echidna Giving supports the programme by delivering life skills to adolescent girls during school hours and on football pitches, equipping a generation of girls in Goa, Mumbai and Bengaluru’s government schools.
