Uplift A Community Through Football

Here’s what we’ve been up to:

Friendly match between Community Coaches and Karachi United Amateur (A) team

A friendly match was held between the Karachi United Community Center coaches and KU's A team on 5th May 2018. While players from both teams belonged to different backgrounds and ethnicities, our objective to hold a friendly match was to help eliminate such barriers and provide a platform for the coaches to interact with each other so as to instill the same values in our community centers. 

PGF Series Organized by Creek Club:

PGF series, a platform for the talented youth of Pakistan commenced its season 9 from the 7th of July 2018. The week long competition hosted more than 150 teams from the professional, U16 and U13 categories as well as the women with the sole aim to provide opportunities for the masses of Pakistan.

Karachi United's Academy teams participated in the U13 and U16 categories respectively. The U16 category had 44 teams with teams placed in groups followed by the knockout stages, where the U14 lost out in the quarterfinals.

The U12 team had a successful spell in the tournament going all the way to the final in a 32 team tournament with teams placed in group stages followed by knockouts. The team lost out in the final gaining valuable tournament experience.

Lyari And Orangi Town Girls participated PFF event at Lahore (Shalila Baloch U-16 Women Football Championship 2018: Our top talented 17 players from the Lyari and Orangi Town centers selected and participated in girls tournament (Shalila Baloch U-16 Women Football Championship 2018) in Lahore which was organized by Pakistan Football Federation (PFF). The tournament commenced on 22^nd June and ended on 4^th July 2018.  The purpose of this event was give the equal opportunity to females to participate at national level and ofcourse later on an international platfom. 7 players from Karachi United have been selected for the national camp where the girls will then represent the country.

Karachi United Inter Community Futsal Tournament

Karachi United, Orangi Town Centre had organized KU Inter Academy futsal tournament. Objective of this tournament was promoting football in a safe and professional environment and harness the very best sporting talent in the city, also community engagement through football. All KU Centers and four other academies participated in this tournament.

US Consulate General – Football Event

US Consulate General invited 50 players including girls for Sports Diplomacy event with Sports preventatives. This event happened on July 1, 2018 at US Consulate General Residency. Event was an hour-long indoor team building activity followed by 1.5 hours long Football skills clinic.  

Sports Envoys are athletes and coaches who travel overseas to lead programs that were developed by U.S. embassies and consulates. These American coaches and athletes held sports clinics for young people and their coaches, participate in community outreach activities, and engage youth in a dialogue on the importance of leadership and respect for diversity.

Thank you for being a part of a great quarterly operations so far! We appreciate your kindness, and wish you a wonderful Eid-ul-Adha ahead.

Karachi is revving up for a very hot summer! We’ve been prepping for the heat, and we’re ready for Ramadan!

Here’s what we’ve been up to:

Lyari And Orangi Town Girls In A Local Music Video: Our top talent from the Lyari and Orangi Town centers collaborated with a local rap artist to promote women’s participation in sport to create a music video for their song ‘Lyari is United’. Check out the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYNB5m9TWMI

The idea was to highlight unique and diverse activities that help bring communities together – like sport and music! The girls had a great time shooting this video – and we look forward to doing more of this work to help get more young girls onto the playing field.

Coaching Workshop: The community center coaches attended a capacity building workshop in the previous month that focused on ‘The Power of Positivity’. The idea was to highlight their influence as role models for the children, and serve as a beacon of strength and encouragement for the players. Many children internalize the negativity around their immediate environments; as coaches, our team has the unique power to encourage children in a very tangible way. The workshop covered both theoretical concepts as well as practical ways to implement them.

Orangi Town Community Tournament: Our Orangi Town Centre hosted their first Karachi United Inter-Academy tournament this April. The objective was to promote football in a safe and professional environment within the area, and harness the very best sporting talent in the community. They extended an invitation to all KU Centers and also other academies that have sprung up in Orangi Town for boys in 3 different age categories (Under 10 – 12, Under 14 and Under 16). Inviting external teams to their home ground was a way to promote inter-community interaction and tolerance. The tournament was played at the Ibrahim Ali Bhai GSS, Orangi Town No. 5.

Thank you for being a part of a great quarterly run so far! We appreciate you generosity, and wish you a wonderful Ramadan ahead. 
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Links:

• Our Center Girls Collaborating With Local Musicians