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16 | P a g e Workshop on Sport and Social Inclusion Friday, December 2, 2011 New Delhi, India Introduction This workshop revolved around the role of sport in promoting social inclusion and cohesion. It discussed how participation in sport imparts life skills, builds self-esteem, increases motivation levels and promotes social inclusion of disadvantaged groups like migrants, persons with physical and intellectual disabilities or young people involved in or at risk-deviant social behavior. It also elaborated on how sport can bridge divides that exist in societies like India where complex systems segment population into various categories. Moderator: Mr Pratik Kumar, Magic Bus India Foundation Panel (in order of proceedings): 1. Mr Harpreet Singh, Special Olympics Bharat 2. Ms Mandira Srivastava, Isha Foundation 3. Mr Dinesh Baliga, Skillshare International 4. Mr Ugrasen, Magic Bus India Foundation Participation: 60+ Key deliberations: 1. Mr Harpreet Singh Mr Harpreet Singh emphasised on the issue of intellectual disability. Highlighting the scale of Special Olympics Bharat, the second largest Special Olympics programme in the world which reaches out to all 600 districts in India, he shared that Special Olympics is perhaps the biggest movement that inclusively engages men and women through sport. He further added that these sport activities do not encourage physical contact and rely on equal opportunities. He supported the view that sport programmes are a great adhesive, and help connect people. Sharing his experience with sport at the Special Olympics, he detailed out the power of sports as a tool to build up greater respect, acceptance, inclusion and human dignity. Mr Harpreet Singh’s presentation is available at Maidan.in. Contact Mr Harpreet Singh at hsinghsob@gmail.com Know more about Special Olympics Bharat at www.specialolympicsbharat.org 2. Ms Mandira Srivastava Ms Mandira Srivastava’s videos and presentation are available at Maidan.in. Contact Ms Mandira Srivastava at mandirasrivastava@gmail.com Know more about Isha Foundation at www.ishafoundation.org Ms Mandira Srivastava introduced the Isha Foundation and talked about its impact through sport-based programmes. In her presentation, she took the audience through Isha’s activities, and explained how sport can be harnessed to create an inclusive culture that forms the basis for urban peace and global development. Using case studies and dedicated presentations, she spoke about how sport has been enjoyed with full enthusiasm in the communities that the Isha Foundation works in, and how eventually transformation happened. She made a special mention to Isha’s sport-based work during crisis situations in South India.
3. Mr Dinesh Baliga 17 | P a g e sport-based activities in the community. Mr Dinesh Baliga’s presentation is available at Maidan.in. Contact Dinesh at dinesh.baliga@skillshare.org Know more about Skillshare International at www.skillshare.org 4. Mr Ugrasen Mr Dinesh Baliga voiced his views and work on the inclusion of Adivasis who are often discriminated socially. He spoke about Skillshare’s work in the area of sustainable development in partnership with communities in Africa and Asia by sharing and building skills, and facilitating organisational effectiveness and growth. He made a special mention to the ‘Hope’ programme, which uses football as a medium to bring awareness on HIV and AIDS and build bridges between people with HIV and those without. He also talked about increasing participation of girls in the programme by using Mr Ugrasen, a young leader from Magic Bus shared his experience of working in Gadchiroli, a Maoist affected area in Maharashtra. He took the participants through a captivating journey of how he convinced parents to send their children, particularly girls, to boarding school. Know more about Magic Bus at www.magicbus.org Group activity: The second part of this workshop involved a small activity. Participants were divided into three groups and given topics to think upon. These topics were Sport as a medium for conflict management and resolution (group 1), Social and gender issues in sport (group 2) and Sport as a medium to include differently-abled into the mainstream. At the end of it, the groups made presentations and discussed their points with the rest of the participants. Concluding remarks: Mr Pratik Kumar summed up the workshop by saying that sport is a universal language that moves and inspires people all around the world and brings them together. He added that it is a positive propagator of a message and should be taken into account across the board in employment, integration, culture and education. He said that tackling social inclusion through sports can be a win-win situation. He also mentioned that investing in community sports is a key tool in breaking down social barriers and creating a healthy civil society. The workshop concluded on a note that sporting and cultural opportunities can play an important part in reengaging disaffected sections of the community, building shared social capital and grassroots leadership through cross-cultural interaction.
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