Generation Amazing Opens Community Football Pitches in India

Doha, December 05 (QNA) - The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC)'s Generation Amazing program has inaugurated two new football pitches in India, marking further milestones for the Qatar 2022 human and social legacy program. The new pitches - which are the 29th and 30th Generation Amazing has launched worldwide - are located in Colaba Causeway, Mumbai, and the Dr. Ambedkar School in Kamptee, Nagpur. They will offer a safe space in which Generation Amazing's football for development programs can operate locally for young girls and boys. At the pitch launch ceremonies, held at the Sabina Chandrashekar Memorial Municipal Garden and Playground in Mumbai, and the Khatija Bai School in Nagpur, officials gathered alongside Generation Amazing program participants and members of the local communities. The Qatari General Counsel in Mumbai HE Saif Bin Ali Al Mohannadi, attended the Mumbai pitch opening and praised the program's efforts in India as well as its achievement of positively impacting 500,000 people across Asia and the Middle East. Al Mohannadi said: "It has been fantastic to witness the pitch from the start of construction all the way to completion here in Mumbai. I am proud and excited to see first-hand the invaluable work that Generation Amazing is doing to leave a lasting legacy for Qatar 2022 across the entire continent of Asia. Since Xavi Hernandez came here in March to inaugurate pitch construction, I have been following the local community and the many young people that the programme is reaching through football for development to give them better opportunities for their future." On hand to inaugurate the pitches was Generation Amazing's Communications and Marketing Director, Moza Al Mohannadi, who spoke about the programme's long-term plans to provide youth with hubs to learn and develop through football. "We are proud that this pitch is a real tangible legacy of Qatar 2022 right here in India, and we are looking forward to helping to change and improve the lives of many more young people until 2022, and beyond," said Moza Al Mohannadi. She went on to reflect on Generation Amazing's successful partnership with OSCAR Foundation and streetfootballworld in developing the pitch in Mumbai, before sharing some heartfelt words and messages of encouragement with young participants. Generation Amazing youth ambassador Shubham Patil highlighted the importance of the pitch during the ceremony. He said: "This pitch will play an important part in young people's lives here, just as football has for mine." Later this month, Generation Amazing will launch its first festival at Qatar Foundation Oxygen Park. The event will run from 15-19 December and will be attended by a number of Generation Amazing's India-based youth ambassadors. (QNA)