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PROJECT HIGHLIGHT 30 MAGIC BUS, INDIA Through its sport and experiential learning programmes Magic Bus’s long-term vision is to infl uence a radical shift in young people’s attitudes to help them build strong and aware communities across India. 2007 was a momentous year for Magic Bus. Having launched the Centre for Learning & Development in October 2006 Magic Bus initiated many new programmes throughout the year and conducted residential programmes to over 2 000 children. The project also generated revenue at the centre for the fi rst time. Magic Bus conducted its fi rst international overseas train-the-trainer programme in Vietnam and had the opportunity to visit MYSA in Kenya through UK Sport. The project was selected to be part of the London Olympics Inspiration 2012 project, a partnership between the UK government and the Indian Ministry for Sport and Youth Affairs. Our founder, Matthew Spacie, was awarded an MBE by the Queen, and the organisation was given a three-year grant by the Barclays Premier League. The Magic Bus fi rst football team moved into the fourth division of the MDFA league and we launched our very fi rst girls’ teams in both our community projects. Our focus this year has been to clean up the community as well as increase attendance of the programme. The initiatives have all come from the children. In one community, they saved their snack money and instead paid for paint and tiling. They cleaned a whole area in the slum, painted it and ran a peaceful rally with banners they had made themselves to persuade their neighbours to respect the area and keep it clean and tidy. In another community project, a huge rubbish dump was converted into a playground by the children and their relatives and friends. Magic Bus ensures children are key stakeholders in the programme and, as far as possible, decisions are made in consultation with the children, be it attendance, starting on time, looking after equipment, organising snacks or developing community projects outside the sessions. In the long term, we aim to make the programmes sustainable at a community level and the focus is therefore on interdependence rather than full reliance on Magic Bus. This year, for the fi rst time, Magic Bus organised an open football tournament. Around 300 men and women participated, including parents, taxi drivers, vegetable vendors and more. The tournament not only helped raise awareness for a child’s’ right to play, but also increased adults’ acceptance and ownership of such development programmes. Magic Bus is in the process of developing a monitoring and evaluation tool to measure its effectiveness. A key indicator in our analysis of projects is their sustainability and the degree to which children have participated in decision making. L A U R E U S S P O R T F O R G O O D F O U N D A T I O N A N N U A L R E V I E W
An open football tournament, organised for the first time, raised awareness of a child’s right to play. L A U R E U S S P O R T F O R G O O D F O U N D A T I O N A N N U A L R E V I E W
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