8 People Who Changed The Definition Of Social Work

Ashok Rathod:

Ashok Rathod, neither a star nor a celebrity but a hero, indeed a real hero; this slum boy from Mumbai established ‘Organization for Social Change, Awareness and Responsibility’ (OSCAR). This Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) provides free football coaching to the school drop outs and also encourages the indigent children for further education. Today 1500 kids have been benefited from OSCAR.

K. Sai Baba:

K. Sai Baba, former Ranji Trophy cricketer in Hyderabad, is the founder of ‘Sports Coaching Foundation’, a nonprofit organization. This NGO was founded in 1991 to bring out the hidden talents of the deprived kids in Hyderabad. Since then, this organization has been providing free coaching on sports like Cricket, Football and Tennis.

Matthew Spacie:

In 1999, Matthew Spacie founded Magic Bus, as a solution to the poverty of India; today this organization operates in more than 10 of India. Magic Bus conducts Rugby sessions to the less privileged kids, which is based on the Activity Based Curriculum (ABC) program of this NGO; ABC also covers issues like education, health and gender.

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