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Sports for Social Development: Building Inclusive, Healthy and Future-Ready Communities
A sports field can be many things: a place to compete, a space to build fitness, a training ground for athletes. But for millions of children and young people, particularly those growing up with fewer opportunities, it can also become a classroom, a safe space, a source of confidence and, sometimes, the first place where they begin to imagine a different future. That broader role of sport is gaining increasing attention in India's development landscape. Across schools and communities, sports programmes are being used not only to encourage physical activity, but also to strengthen learning, social-emotional skills, gender equality, inclusion and youth development. For some young athletes,...
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