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A slam dunk idea to spread smiles among India’s marginalised youth – The Hindu( Jul 06, 2023)
Players getting a feel of the newly laid basketball court at Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society Girls’ Sports School, Chegunta (Medak) by Hi5 Foundation and BookASmile.
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Ashok, Amir to represent West Bengal in sub-junior national basketball championship – Times Of India( Jul 28, 2023)
Ashok Sardar and Amir Hembram from Parviaar Education Society will represent West Bengal in the sub-junior (U-13) basketball nationals in Puducherry from August 3 to 9. The seven-day national championship is being organised by the Basketball Federation of India
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Mill Valley man using love of basketball to make a difference in India – Marin Independent Journal( Mar 21, 2020)
It’s not often that one packs up their belongings, ditches their stable job and moves 8,380 miles around the world to volunteer. But that’s exactly what Tyler Condit, a Class of 2006 Tamalpais High School alum, did last January.
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How Mumbai’s civic schools landed a goal – Mid Day( Oct 15, 2019)
How did the 13-year-old daughter of a taxi driver from Sewree slum get to London to train in youth football? Mumbai's BMC schools are producing district-level champions, thrashing premium school teams in football, boxing and basketball
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Prachi Tehlan Celebrates Birthday With Underprivileged Children – Ritz Magazine(October 9, 2019)
Mamangam star Prachi Tehlan celebrated her birthday recently at the Goregaon facility of Hi5 Youth Foundation, a sports NGO dedicated to coaching basketball to underprivileged kids.
About 90 kids, aged 10 to 15 years, attended the event, where Prachi, who has played basketball for Delhi
Mommy Samaritan Usha Sundar: Supporting Youth Through Sport – First Mom’s Club(Oct 9, 2019)
Usha Sundar, who hails from San Francisco, California, has developed a basketball program in villages to help underprivileged children through the Hi 5 Youth Foundation. Her work is making such an impact that the NBA just featured the couple and their non-profit on their platform. In the words of
Mamangam star Prachi Tehlan celebrates birthday playing basketball with underprivileged kids –Telly Chakkar(08 Oct 2019)
Mamangam star Prachi Tehlan celebrated her birthday on Wednesday at the Goregaon facility of Hi5 Youth Foundation, a sports NGO dedicated to coaching basketball to underprivileged kids.
About 90 kids, aged 10 to 15 years, attended the event, where Prachi – who has played basketball
Hope Through Basketball: Sports – A Vehicle for Social Change – CSR Mandate( Sept 23, 2019)
Sadham is at his table studying and completing his assignments. He feels excited that in a little while, he will head to the basketball court warming up for a round of practice as another tournament is approaching. As much as he loves basketball, which has been his lifesaver, he is determined to
Palghar’s tribal children dribble their way to a promising future Times Of India( Aug 21, 2018 )
Getting an answer out of Kavita Vaje is not easy. She likes to keep you guessing, then looks at her mother and flashes a coy smile. When she does speak, she knows her mind.
Her neighbour, Prakash Dighe (17), who has also pursued the big orange ball at state matches, is more matter of fact
This Mumbai NGO empower tribals and underprivileged children through Basketball –The Indian Express (15th Aug 2018)
Five students from Gadge Maharaj Mission School, a tribal school in the interiors of Maharashtra, stepped into a city for the first time. It was the first time they had ever competed in a sport and it was definitely the first time they experienced the sweet taste of victory. They were elated of c
R. and Usha Sundar Take Their Love of Basketball from California to India – TheTeal Mango (August 7, 2018)
Leap of faith – Afternoon Despatch and Courier (May 23, 2018)
The Afternoon D&C reporter Parth Khatau speaks to R. Sundar, Director, Hi 5 Foundation that provides free basketball coaching to underprivileged children across the city.
On a lazy May afternoon when most school children were probably enjoying a siesta or playing video games duri
Hi5 Youth Foundation children meet Indian Basketball superstars at the launch of 3BL – 3X3 pro basketball league brought to India by YKBK Enterprise Pvt Ltd –Core Communique( May 07, 2018)
India, Mumbai, May 07, 2018 – The fastest growing urban team sport in the world, 3×3 Basketball came to India for the first time with 3BL – 3×3 Pro Basketball League. Children from Hi5 Youth Foundation had the opportunity to not only learn a new format of the game but also meet their dream
Hoops of delight– DNA (March 17, 2018)
Tenth standard student Preeti, a tribal village girl at Vajreshwari, about two hours' drive from Mumbai, had not known what basketball was or how a basketball court looked like until she joined Hi 5 Youth Foundation's coaching programme.
Nikhil, also from the same area, is grateful to the
International Women’s Day Interview: Usha Sundar, Co-Founder, Hi5 Youth Foundation – Startup Terminal(March 08, 2018)
Usha: Just like most women, I have worn many hats in my entire life. Having had lot of experience as a fulltime mother, homemaker I can definitely say giving attention to your children when they are young is an absolute sacrifice one has to make. Slowly and steadily, I returned back to graduate s
Slam dunk lessons in life – The Hindu (Aug 17, 2017)
A few trees and scrub dot the landscape. Vehicles whiz by on the lone road, in a hurry to get elsewhere. The Gadge Maharaj Mission school for tribal children in Vajreshwari, a village in Thane district, near Mumbai, sits in unexceptional terrain.
But this summer, the landscape brightened
Changing Life Through Play, Hi5 Youth Foundation, Mumbai Supporting a Cause(Aug 6, 2015)