Oscar Football Club Empowering At-Risk Youth Through Sport

It's been two years since Ashok started the Oscar Club at one of Mumbai's biggest slums - Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Nagar colony, the place where he grew up. He was one of the few children from the slum who went to school and a chance encounter with an NGO gave him a new goal.

"At Magic Bus I played rugby. From there I also learnt football and mentoring skills," he says.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/this-real-hero-teaches-football-with-a-rider/86583-3.html

He began the Oscar Club in Colaba in 2006, which primarily coaches members in football and rugby, as an outlet for teens in difficult circumstances. Rathod says it was with a strong urge to change the world that he started the club.
http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2009/mar/070309-Colaba-youth-Ashok-Rathod-Babasaheb-Ambedkar-slums-Real-Heroes-Award-Oscar-Club.htm


Address
Room no. 363, Lane no. 13,
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Nagar,
Sadhu T.L Vaswani Marg,
Cuffe Parade, Colaba, Mumbai- 400005,
INDIA

Telephone

+91 022 22150488

Mobile

+91 9967218287, 9029910588 
Email
oscarashok@gmail.com
info@oscarfoundation.com 

Website

www.oscarfoundation.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Organization-for-Social-Change-Awareness-and-Responsibility-OSCAR/223376206634








http://www.educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-1229
http://www.magicbusindia.org/what-we-do/programmes

Youth Taking Action: Empowering At-Risk Youth Through Sport
http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/blog/view/youth_taking_action_empowering_at-risk_youth_through_sport



http://www.faniq.com/user/oscarashok/bio
http://oscarfootballclub.tripod.com/clubbackground.html

Senapati Bapat Marg
Baba Saheb Ambedkar Nagar, Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra [MAP]


http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2009/mar/070309-Colaba-youth-Ashok-Rathod-Babasaheb-Ambedkar-slums-Real-Heroes-Award-Oscar-Club.htm







http://www.unltdindia.org Oscar uses sport to reduce school drop out rates and develop young people.
http://unltdindia.posterous.com/23134201


Goalpost Warriors
Ashok Rathod trains slum kids to tackle football and life.
http://business.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?261422

This real hero teaches football with a rider
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/this-real-hero-teaches-football-with-a-rider/86583-3.html