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Janne Erxleben, Yvonne Pesch and Siret Taks raised £1,125 from 25 supporters
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Weʼve raised £1,125 to fund skateboarding equipment for the Kovalam Skate Club, who enable kids from the local fishing village to learn how to skate after school
- Kovalam, Kerala, Indien
- Funded on Saturday, 20th January 2018
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These are the kids of SISP’s Kovalam Skate Club, a social skateboarding program with around 40 dedicated young skateboarders between 5 and 17 y., all from families living Below Poverty Line.
What does Kovalam Skate Club do and why does it matter?
Providing free skateboard lessons every day as an addition to the Free Second Chance Educational program of Sebastian Indian Social Projects, short SISP, has an immense impact on the motivation of the children in the program to attend school.
SISP was founded in 1996 to uplift the quality of life of the people living in the angler communities in the coastal area around the slums of Vizhinjam Harbor in Kerala. The children participating in SISP are school drop-outs who instead of attending the public school went to help and work with their families or got involved with street gangs. SISP gives them a second chance for their educational development and tries to reintegrate them into the school system by providing a free educational program on a daily basis that also includes two nutritious meals a day. Often however, making a bit of money a day, or peer pressure, will win over attending class, and the long-term goal of a better future seems too far away.
Here is where the Kovalam Skate Club comes into play. Giving the children the opportunity to get free skateboard lessons after school in the small skatepark built right at the school facility, provides the necessary motivation for many to come to school every day, as No School No Skateboarding is their rule. Yet it is not only the fun and exercise that the kids love about just grabbing a board and rolliing, skateboarding is also something they can be passionate about, be in the moment, and grow as a person. It also teaches them important values like being in a team, or to try again after you fall, which makes them develop into independent and responsible individuals. In this way, Kovalam Skate Club together with SISP hopes to create social and economic change and better futures for the kids!
How can you help?
Fortunately, Kovalam Skate Club has an ever-growing number of children wanting to skateboard, which is great! Yet, this often leaves the Club with a lack of equipment (boards, but also shoes and protection gears).
In order to be able to offer more kids the chance to skateboard, we are want to raise 500 Pounds (around 570 Euros) to buy new equipment for the Club. In the weekends, Kovalam Skate Club opens up also to all kids from the area, also the ones from other schools than SISP. At that time, the Club has around 40 girls and boys skating. With the money raised we are aiming to buy new equipment including a board, helmet, protection gear and shoes. We really feel that SISP and Kovalam Skate Club deserves this support and attention to keep going on and to suppor the kids and the local community, as the Club makes a huge difference on many levels.
One good example of the positive impact of SISP and Kovalam Skate Club is Alan, presented in this video .
Thanks so much for all possible support!
Our sunny regards from South India,
Janne, Yvi and Siret (currently volunteering at SISP and Kovalam Skate Club)
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- 6 years ago
Janne Erxleben, Yvonne Pesch and Siret Taks
6 years agoWe cannot believe it! We raised even more money than we could have dreamt of and can now equip Kovalam Skate Club with new boards, helmets and protection gear. We will send an update and photos of the faces of happiness when the package arrives. Without your support this would not have been possible! Thank you, thank you, thank you, or as they say here in malayalam language: Nanni, nanni nanni!!
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25
Roger Valentine
Jan 20, 2018
£10.00
Anonymous
Jan 8, 2018
Such a beautiful kids you are supporting! Keep it up! X
£50.00
Nick M
Jan 3, 2018
£10.00
Ryan Arya
Jan 2, 2018
£5.00
Mark Greenslade
Jan 2, 2018
A little something for your very worthy cause, it's an amazing thing you're all doing. Also a big thank you to you and all the children for making our son Simon so welcome on his visit to the school ❤
£50.00
Rob Smith
Jan 2, 2018
Keep skating 🙏🏽
£50.00
g rose
Dec 31, 2017
£20.00
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Janne Erxleben, Yvonne Pesch and Siret Taks
Kovalam, Kerala, Indien
Currently volunteering at SISP and the Kovalam Skate Club until the end of January, we are able to witness the difference skateboarding makes in the kids' lifes. We will be able to make sure that the equipment bought with the money raised will get to the Club until the end of Jan