Guest Blogger Marv D’souza shares an interesting charity drive with MissMalini’s readers and urges you to “Kick for Change!”

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

As the saying goes, Magic Bus is an NGO that uses sport to give underprivileged kids a shot at a better future. There are kids on the street who need attention and a lot of help. There are organizations taking care of the health, shelter and academic needs of these children. Magic Bus makes sure that they have a reason to play too. Taking the sympathy out of the charity, Kick For Change is a drive by Magic Bus to raise funds to keep these kids off the street. The drive aims to teach them lessons in life and a self-sufficient living through sports and outdoors.

Kick For Change is a Ginormous Virtual football ground. Spread across the length of the city from Colaba to Virar. So how does this work? Well, you log on to www.kickforchange.in and ‘kick’ to donate. A minimum sum of Rs 300 will kick the ball across 2m. Target to be reached is whopping 83000 meters, so feel free to kick harder!  It’s all for the kids. So get kicking!

Every donor becomes a part of the world’s biggest football team. Every time you kick to donate, the ball goes further. On the Map you click and you will see your name on a virtual jersey. It’s cool, isn’t it? Sure doesn’t really take much to kick online.

Step 1:  go to the map

Step 2: Zoom into it

Step 3: Zoom till you see your name in the jersey. Can’t find it? Searching can be fun!!!

Stay together for the kids!!!!

India has the largest number of child laborers in the world. 35% of children below the age of 16 are working. Every fifth out-of-school child in the world lives in India. While India continues to surge ahead as the next economic superpower, millions of children and youth across the country live in chronic poverty and deprivation.  Not to guilt anyone off their hard earned money, but let us do our bit to give these kids their childhood back.

Magic Bus

The heads and arms at Magic Bus believe that sports can change lives and hence they choose this direction. Putting the fun into the giving, Magic Bus guarantees a healthy, playful and better future to that kid at that curb. All this by just going online to www.kickforchange.in and kicking  the ball as far as you can.

A few Points that Magic Bus holds strong:

• Sports can develop independence and confidence.
• It can impart a sense of achievement, which helps to      gain a positive self-image.
• It offers a deepening of leadership skills and qualities.
• It can help gain learning on how to co-operate and      compete.
• It can grow the ability to make decisions and accept      responsibilities.

So what you waiting for… Let the games begin…