In her presentation at Maidan Summit 2011, Ms Kalyani Subramanyam advocated the use of sport in breaking barriers when it comes to community health. Giving examples from the Naz Foundation, she explained how sport makes it easy to deliver programmes and messages around HIV-AIDS, sexual health and well-being. Through her presentation, she briefly explained the four pillars on which the Goal curriculum is based – be yourself, be healthy, be empowered and be money-savvy – and emphasised that health is among the most important of these. She highlighted engagement through sport leading to creation of a confident comfort-zone for girls and women to come out and talk about their problems, as one of the major advantages sport offers.

2. Skill Development +
Netball
=
Empowerment of
Girls!

3. Whom do we address?
Women in monogamous
relationships
1 Million of
the 2.5 million Lack of control in
People Living relationships
with HIV are
women
Early Marriages
Violence
Girls engaged
in traditional
programs

4. Multi-Stakeholder Programme
Standard Chartered Bank Naz Foundation(I) Trust International Federation of
Netball Associations
 Diversity and inclusion  Prevention of HIV in  Development and
vulnerable groups promotion of sport
 Women empowerment
 Work with  Project to showcase
 Community Investment marginalized value of Netball in
communities social development
 Building Capacities of
organizations

5. Locations and Numbers
2006 – Pilot 70 Girls
2009 – 6 Sites 350 Girls
2011 – 6 sites 750 Girls
2008 – 3 Sites 165 Girls
2009 – 4 Sites 202 Girls
2011 – 5 Sites 550 Girls
2010 – 3 Sites 180 Girls
2011 – 4 Sites 550 Girls

6. Partnerships with CBOs
Delhi
ABHAS Prerana

7. Implementation Strategies of
Curriculum
Bi modular – 10 months
Netball
Participatory and interactive
sessions

8. Why Sport?
• Sport is fun !
• Children love to play and thus they come to
session regularly.
• Sport has other positive outcomes: physically
fit, energetic, competitive spirit.

9. Why Netball?
• Exclusive Women’s sport
• No contact sport
• Team Sport - strengthens
communities
• Requires no expensive
equipment

10. Goal Curriculum
Goal: Be Yourself
Goal: Be Healthy
Goal: Be Empowered
Goal: Be Money Savvy

11. Impact/Outcomes
Personal Empowerment
Social Empowerment
Financial Empowerment

12. Personal Empowerment Social Empowerment
C C
C C C C C C
Young women receive netball Talented girls are identified and Each Goal Champion commits
and life skills training in small recruited to become Goal to deliver Goal sessions to new
groups for 10 months Champions groups of girls
Economic Empowerment
Goal links the girls with
employment options or
agencies with offer
vocational training, helping C C C C
girls to complete education

13. Reaching New Heights
Personal Achievements
Self Esteem, Change in Body Language, Confidence, Increase in
Awareness

14. Goal Champions
- Goal Champions - Participants who
complete Goal can become Goal
Champions
- Trained as trainers to deliver modules
and netball coaching
- Champions are asked to commit to a
minimum requirement of programme
delivery (e.g., 2 sessions per week for
one year)
- Focus on empowering others

15. Challenges

16. - Apathy to Sports
- Lack of Safe Spaces
to Play
- Lack of Support
from Indian Netball
Association
- Inadequate
Response from
Government
Agencies

17. Program Achievements
- Participants recruited as staff on Goal
- Netball Achievements
• Girls selected for Nationals and state tournaments
- Australian Sports Outreach Programme (ASOP)
• Exposure to Professional Netball
• Training for Coaches and Girls
• Exposure to other Sports for Development Organizations

18. Thank you