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Date:Monday December 28 2009
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Chelsea doing amazing work in India!
I thought it might get lost in comments if i mentioned it there, so mailing you guys!
In one of the most backward areas of India, in a village where there has been no electricity for the past 12 years (and consequently no TV), a girls' football team is transforming the conservative sociological landscape with the help of our very own Chelsea Football Club.
Credit for this amazing feat (unheard of in the Indian hinterland, where 65% of girls aged 22-26 are married off by age 18 and almost 77% receive no education) goes to Mritunjay Tiwari, a diehard Chelsea fan.
Mritunjay invited a former BBC correspondent Lucy Mathen to visit who in turn got Simon Barnes of the London Times to write an article on the girls of Mastichak (village's name).
From the many people who came forward to support the girls after reading the article, one name that stands out is of Bryan English, CFC club doctor, who will be sending 40 new kits in Feb.
CFC will also be donating a bus to the local hospital where many of the girls work as nurses.
Saving the best news for last: Mritunjay is in formal talks with the club for them to come down and set up an academy for the girls.
Please read the full article below, this was just a summary.
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?263370
Something vital to say about football on the Box?
Your Comments
Yes subcontinent will be an attracting prospect for CFC
Saimon_blues
Wow..Great..Ashamed that I didnt know abt it till now being an Indian and all..Keep up the good work CHELSEA
samuraisuraj
Great to know...and India is a big marketing prospect...if chelsea can explore it...
Keyser Soze
we'll publish more if we can, between us, dig them out!
merlin
Mastichak is in the district of 'Chhapra', in the state of Bihar. It takes about 6 hours of train journey to reach there from Kolkata. I knew of this story before.
Tambling
Speaking Of India what happened to our very own Asian players which we signed at that youth tournament of ours?
Chelsea24/7
Great stuff!!! My love for cfc only increases..
JT_daniel
Excellent story. Chelsea are already involved in projects in India, as written about on several occasions on the official Chelsea website.
Squiddy
Good job!!
blueKnightz09
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