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The girls’ shot squad from susceptible socio-economic backgrounds successful the city, who were trained and supported by Karunalaya Social Service Society, reached the semi-finals astatine the Street Child World Cup successful Mexico city. The tourney wrapped up past week, and the girls’ squad from Chennai won the awards for just play and ineligible identity.
“They played 5 matches to scope the semi-finals. They played against Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Palestine,” said Paul Sunder Singh, caput of Karunalaya. “We had to permission 1 of our players successful India due to the fact that of visa issues, and during the game, different got injured, truthful she was not capable to play successful the semi-finals.
“We person travel this acold contempt the hurdles,” helium said. Team captain, 17-year-old V. Pavithra, said that she takes immense pridefulness successful the team’s achievement. “Reaching the semifinals among the 30 teams from crossed the globe itself means a batch to us, adjacent though we worked hard to scope the final.”
“We besides attended Congress, wherever we spoke astir our challenges, spending our puerility successful streets, listened to players from different countries and spoke astir our telephone for enactment for street-connected children. All of america who ne'er dreamt of flying, got the accidental to larn astir antithetic cultures and radical though this tournament,” she added.
