Month: January 2018

Next week Leher GC will be hosting a football tournament to raise money for the Leher Foundation in Mumbai. The money we raise will be used to buy equipment, shoes and pay salaries to the staff working in the Leher Foundation. I will be a referee for the tournament and will also help set up the fields. I feel this is a unique opportunity or me because I have never been a referee before and therefore I am looking forward to this new enticing experience.

Over the last few weeks we have had a lot of discussions deciding how the tournament will be run and we eventually decided it would be a 5 a side match which would start of as a league and the winners of the groups would go on to the knockout stages. The main problem during these decisions was fixing a price of entry. We ended up at $25 which means $5 per person.

I believe I have been able to make a difference through my service in the down syndrome association. Not only have I met new people and interacted with people I don’t usually get to interact with in school but I feel through the singing that we do and the games we play with them, I have been able to boost their confidence and their comfortability around me. Furthermore by getting to know them more I have been able to build a bond with them that they won’t ordinarily be able to build in places outside their home or workplace. Not only have I made a difference but they have also impacted my life because this is the first time I have ever worked with people with a genetic condition and before these experiences I wasn’t so comfortable around them but after learning more about them I feel they are the happiest people in the world and really need to be seen from a different perspective.

I also believe Leher GC is another area where I have been able to make a difference. During the holiday fair I helped sell some products from India and raised money so that the GC could send them back to Leher in Mumbai and help the kids who are less privileged than us.