Basic Running Costs
Like all new charities our major worry (and impediment) is covering our basic administrative costs. At the moment these costs are being met by personal donations from management committee members. This situation cannot continue. We are seeking sponsors to cover our present ongoing costs and employ an administrator and an assistant. Ideally we would like one major sponsor but we are prepared to accept up to four.

IYSA Schools Soccer Development Programme
The major problem facing youth soccer in Indian schools with sports facilities is that there is no knowledge of modern soccer, or modern soccer teaching methods or assessment. The India Youth Soccer Association is producing a soccer development programme for schools. This consists of a scheme of work, syllabus, lesson plans, and an soccer assessment schemes. The first year we will target 1100 prestigious schools (Grades K-12) Within three years we plan to be an ongoing resource for 3600 schools.

Our Soccer Tribe Campaign
All Children, but particularly poor children, will be helped to join India's 'Soccer Tribe' and participate in the playing of football. Schemes will be aimed at the metro poor, and the poor in towns and large villages throughout India. The aim: to promote soccer, and develop the image of soccer players and officials as caring people, dedicated to the sport, and the poor. Schemes to bring football to the poor of India are inexpensive, and easily organised in collaboration with reputable Non-Government Organisations (NGO's).

Mini-Soccer for the School Children and Street Children

For Children in Schools
This year we are starting a children's Mini Soccer league in Delhi. This will take place every Sunday throughout the winter at a prestigious school.

For Children living on the Streets
In collaboration with a leading NGO working with 'Street children' we are devising a regular weekly soccer sessions for that organisation. We will provide expertise, training and coaching in puts and the NGO will provide the space and volunteer manager's referees In the long term we will be seeking to merge the two initiatives so that school children and street children may play the 'beautiful game' together.

Both these schemes are low cost and highly attractive to sponsors. We are confident that sponsorship will be forthcoming. However, it is important for the long-term health of these soccer projects that we are not reliant on the whims or fashions of individual corporate marketing departments.Long term sponsorship of our organisation and long term licencing agreements with leading manufacturers are essential for our work with the deprived.

The IYSA Soccer Star Search
In the UK, Coca-Cola and the English FA take an active part in developing youth soccer through a Soccer Star Search Scheme. The scheme is designed to find the soccer stars of the future and is directed at school age children from 7 to 16 years. In India there is every reason to believe that a similar, but less expensive scheme, would be a wonderful success. Our plan is to do this once we have our school development programme in place.