Vedanta’s VAB organises football training camp for the youth from Navelim village
- Football training camp organised by Vedanta’s Value-Added Business (VAB) in association with Sesa Football Academy (SFA) benefitted 40 youth
Navelim, Bicholim, 11th November: In order to promote sports in the rural areas and to identify the young sporting talents from the surrounding villages, Vedanta’s VAB in collaboration with Sesa Football Academy (SFA) & local sports club ‘Maina Super League’, organized a week-long football training camp at Maina-Navelim, Bicholim. The camp was conducted by the experienced coaches of Sesa Football Academy to nurture the footballing talent of local youth and to guide them to excel further in football. Coaches closely monitored all the participants throughout the camp and Star performers were identified, who will be trained further to hone up their skills. More than 40 young boys from Maina- Navelim village benefitted from this camp. The training camp was concluded with a friendly match between the trainees and the employees of Vedanta Value Added Business.
Vedanta’s Sesa Football Academy (SFA) is one of the high impact Sports development programs in Goa state contributing to the upliftment of football since more than two decades and has a track record of grooming over 200+ professional footballers. SFA aims to expand the reach of their grassroot sports development initiatives with emphasise on identifying and nurturing the budding sports talents through multiple initiatives such as pop-up football camps, Vedanta Football schools, Summer & Winter camps, Football training camps for the youth etc. Vedanta’s women football league is also remarkably contributing to the field of women football and has carved a path for many aspiring women footballers to shine at various sporting platforms.
Mr. Sujal Shah, CEO- Value Added Products, Vedanta Limited said “I congratulate the entire team and our employee volunteers for successfully conducting this football training camp. Since past many decades, Sesa Football Academy has been facilitating a conducive environment for the young sporting talent through grooming & learning at grassroot level and gradually paving their way into the field of sports. At Vedanta, we strongly believe that sports
serves as a powerful medium for youth development as well as robust community engagement.”
Appreciating Vedanta’s efforts, Mr. Uddesh Naik, President- Maina Super League sports club shared that “Such camps play an integral part in providing a chance to rural youth to enhance their sporting skills. I thank Vedanta for organizing the camp and for supporting budding talents from the community”.
Mr. Saptesh Sardesai, CEO – Value Added Business, Vedanta Limited said “At Vedanta’s Value-Added Business we are committed towards holistic development of communities Sensitivity: Internal (C3) to hone up their skills and excel further in sports. Kudos to entire organizing team for this unique initiative.” Vedanta’s Value-Added Business contributing to the holistic development of communities around through various high impact CSR programs such as Gram Nirman, Back to farming, MHU, development of infrastructure for upliftment of sports, sanitation programs etc.
About Vedanta Cares
Vedanta is committed to reinvest in the social good of its neighbourhood communities and the nation. The Group’s flagship CSR project, Nand Ghar, is a network of model anganwadis where the thrust is on inclusive development of women and children at the grassroots level. The Group CSR initiative comprises of seven key verticals – Education, Healthcare, Water and Sanitation, Sustainable Livelihood, Skilling, Sports & Culture and Employee Volunteering. Vedanta Foundation, a philanthropic initiative of Vedanta Group is focused on skill development and vocational training programmes for the underprivileged to make them employable. A key healthcare speciality CSR project is the Balco Medical Center, a 200-bed state-of-the-art Cancer care hospital located in New Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The company supports grassroots level sports through their Football academies in Goa and Udaipur.
About Vedanta Limited
Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, is one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals company with significant operations in Oil & Gas, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron Ore, Steel, and Aluminium & Power across India, South Africa, Namibia, and Australia. For two decades, Vedanta has been contributing to India’s growth story, currently contributing 1 percent of India’s GDP. The company is among the top private sector contributors to the exchequer with the highest ever contribution of INR 42,560 Crore in FY 2019. Governance and sustainable development are at the core of Vedanta's strategy, with a strong focus on health, safety, and environment and on enhancing the lives of local communities. The company has been conferred the CII-ITC Sustainability Award, the FICCI CSR Award, Dun & Bradstreet Awards in Metals & Mining, and certified as a Great Place to Work. Vedanta Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange in India and has ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
About SESA Football Academy
An initiative of SESA Community Development Foundation (SCDF), SESA Football Academy (SFA) was founded in 1999 for the holistic development of the local youths through football. The academy has created the conditions for discovering, creating and building talent for football. SFA does not restrict itself to football trainings but involves in a long term residential program which takes care of the formal education, skill development of the trainees during the four-year training period.
The academy has a strong focus on women empowerment through football. Since inception, SFA has trained around 200 footballers and has made tremendous impact on the football fraternity in Goa as well as across India. The graduates from SFA are serving in the national teams, Indian Super League (ISL), I-League clubs of India and clubs in Goa. 7 players have earned the national team cap and several players played the elite ISL.