India Rush Soccer Club

The girls at India Rush SC sure know how to celebrate “Being Women”. The event on the occasion of AFC Women's Football Day to mark International women’s day was organized by the Girls, for the Girls of all ages. The activities at the event revolved around being “Active Women” with emphasis on it can be fun to be active.

Good nutrition is an important part of leading a healthy lifestyle. Combined with physical activity, your diet can help you to reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases (like heart disease and cancer), and promote your overall health. Today while the world is coming to terms with the Novel Corona Virus pandemic with no known cure, it is our body immunity that seems to hold the answer.

Young nutritionist Ruchi Jhakmola shared the importance of balanced nutritious food in our diet. Her emphasis was on incorporating the huge variety of seasonal nutritious and delicious food grown in India in our daily diet as it is the best for our body as per the climate we live in.

Inspiring Entrepreneur Nadera Merchant who has inspired girls to take the leap of faith and believe that they can achieve their dreams addressed the girls next. Her session was encouraging focusing on how the girls can develop self-belief if they want to work for themselves.

The last session on Women’s Rights was conducted by lawyer Arka Navle. She articulated the Girls' right to live with dignity be it at working without harassment to wearing the clothes of their choice with confidence, to the right in property.

India Rush SC has always actively supported women’s empowerment through sports. Encouraging women to Be Active, Stay Healthy, while providing platform and pathway for talented players

Be a Role Model: The women of tomorrow, begins with girl of today.

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After the highly informative session by these young women, it was time to shake a leg. The fun activity started with Zumba followed by football, handball, relay. The event closed with dance, music jam session, photographs, singing, a lot of laughter and new bonding. Each girl received a certificate and a bar of chocolate.  

All in all the entire event ended on high spirits with participants pledging to be  “Active Women” and a promise by India Rush SC to support the cause. It was a very well organized and enjoyed the event by the girls.

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