Forca Goa Foundation

Football

The sport is the heart and soul of the Foundation. It acts as a great unifier in Goa that brings together people from all backgrounds. We organize Goa’s biggest as well as one of India’s biggest grassroots leagues for children.

110

Teams participating

957

Players playing in the Little Gaurs League

230

Girls playing in the league

4

Age categories in the league

3

Zones - North, Central, South

Empowerment

We work to give communities and schools more access to play football regularly, provide life skills workshops to the children in our programmes as well as conduct coach development and mentorship initiatives.

83

Pop-up football festivals hosted till date

4

Communities / schools having limited or no access to the sport that get weekly training sessions from the Foundation

220

Life skills workshops conducted till date

22

Coach training and development sessions

Sustainability

We recognize the power the sport has, to bring about awareness and change. Through our initiatives, we focus on 3 of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals - Good Health and well being (3), Gender Equality (5) and Responsible Consumption(12).

1800

Fairtrade certified footballs ordered and used till date to champion responsible consumption

79

Workshops on waste management and clean-up drives organized till date

5

Organizations partnered for awareness around Mental Health, CSA, First Aid awareness and training specially-abled children