Krish Sports Foundation believes that success comes from doing things constantly. To achieve something in life, we have to give up on the other. We understand to leave your family is a moment of emotional breakdown and sadness and therefore we wanted to do something to cheer these athletes up. Hence, we decided to visit their places and bid farewell to their parents.
Home –Visits:-
1. Anil Pawara (Village- Samradevi)
2. Sapna Pawara (Village-Sangavi)
3. Sunil Pawara (Village- Sangavi)
4. Shakira Pawara (Village- Dhadgaon)
5. Subhash Pawara (Shirpur)
Subhash Pawara- the coach
Subhash Pawara is a great personality and a social worker. He has been serving underprivileged children since many years. He is 26 years old and was born on August 14, 1993 in a tribal forest area of Madhya Pradesh. When he was three years old, a local group attacked his father and therefore he had to leave the village. Subhash came to Maharashtra where he worked as a daily wage worker. After a few years, he started going to a school.
In eighth standard, his teachers noticed his talent in running and made him participate in competitions. Soon, he represented in state level competitions in 2008 and 2012. He participated in ‘All India Championship’ in a 100mtr race. Once he needed money to participate in a competition but as he didn’t have, he ran to his father at home and brought money. He won that competition along with many others. He wanted to go for Olympics 2016 and was also selected for doing his Masters in Sports Management in France but he couldn’t due to financial crisis and lack of proper amenities. Therefore, he left Pune and decided to go back to his home town and train children there.
He started to coach his students and his only mission was to make them represent India at Olympics. Some of his students face monetary issues, but he covers those for them. Today he has a good number of students living with him at his own place. He takes full care of them, fulfills their needs and trains them. A few of his students got selected in Sports Super 30 and have also won National level competitions. He is a legendary personality along with a kind and good heart.
Anil Pawara’s home visit-
We’ve all heard of the saying- “Even the shiniest of Diamonds bear the hardships to become the best”. Anil Pawara is one such personality. He is a cheerful and an inspiring lad to each one of us who blame the universe and fortune for our failures. He is fourteen years old, studying in ninth standard. He is the epitome of courage and bravery. Born in the village Samradevi which is 50Kms far from Shirpur, he has to walk 5Kms everyday between mountains, plains and hills to reach his home. He belongs to a poor family which survives on hand-to-mouth basis as his dad is a farmer and mom, a housewife. They are cut off from the world due to lack of electricity, television and internet. They struggle hard for their livelihood and due to all these problems, Anil’s parents decided to keep him in an Ashram school from first standard which is located 50Kms away from the village in a nearby city- Shirpur.
It wasn’t an easy decision but was certainly a must for the betterment of their child. Anil visited his parents only once in a year. After all the struggles he has seen his parents go through, he didn’t let them down. He went on to pursue his passion that is running and kept on participating in inter and intra school competitions.
One find day, his fate turned upside down when he was spotted by an athletic coach- Subhash Pawara on his visit to Ashram school. He saw the talent in Anil and therefor…
Krish Sports Foundation believes that success comes from doing things constantly. To achieve something in life, we have to give up on the other. We understand to leave your family is a moment of emotional breakdown and sadness and therefore we wanted to do something to cheer these athletes up. Hence, we decided to visit their places and bid farewell to their parents.
Home –Visits:-
1. Anil Pawara (Village- Samradevi)
2. Sapna Pawara (Village-Sangavi)
3. Sunil Pawara (Village- Sangavi)
4. Shakira Pawara (Village- Dhadgaon)
5. Subhash Pawara (Shirpur)
Subhash Pawara- the coach
Subhash Pawara is a great personality and a social worker. He has been serving underprivileged children since many years. He is 26 years old and was born on August 14, 1993 in a tribal forest area of Madhya Pradesh. When he was three years old, a local group attacked his father and therefore he had to leave the village. Subhash came to Maharashtra where he worked as a daily wage worker. After a few years, he started going to a school.
In eighth standard, his teachers noticed his talent in running and made him participate in competitions. Soon, he represented in state level competitions in 2008 and 2012. He participated in ‘All India Championship’ in a 100mtr race. Once he needed money to participate in a competition but as he didn’t have, he ran to his father at home and brought money. He won that competition along with many others. He wanted to go for Olympics 2016 and was also selected for doing his Masters in Sports Management in France but he couldn’t due to financial crisis and lack of proper amenities. Therefore, he left Pune and decided to go back to his home town and train children there.
He started to coach his students and his only mission was to make them represent India at Olympics. Some of his students face monetary issues, but he covers those for them. Today he has a good number of students living with him at his own place. He takes full care of them, fulfills their needs and trains them. A few of his students got selected in Sports Super 30 and have also won National level competitions. He is a legendary personality along with a kind and good heart.
Anil Pawara’s home visit-
We’ve all heard of the saying- “Even the shiniest of Diamonds bear the hardships to become the best”. Anil Pawara is one such personality. He is a cheerful and an inspiring lad to each one of us who blame the universe and fortune for our failures. He is fourteen years old, studying in ninth standard. He is the epitome of courage and bravery. Born in the village Samradevi which is 50Kms far from Shirpur, he has to walk 5Kms everyday between mountains, plains and hills to reach his home. He belongs to a poor family which survives on hand-to-mouth basis as his dad is a farmer and mom, a housewife. They are cut off from the world due to lack of electricity, television and internet. They struggle hard for their livelihood and due to all these problems, Anil’s parents decided to keep him in an Ashram school from first standard which is located 50Kms away from the village in a nearby city- Shirpur.
It wasn’t an easy decision but was certainly a must for the betterment of their child. Anil visited his parents only once in a year. After all the struggles he has seen his parents go through, he didn’t let them down. He went on to pursue his passion that is running and kept on participating in inter and intra school competitions.
One find day, his fate turned upside down when he was spotted by an athletic coach- Subhash Pawara on his visit to Ashram school. He saw the talent in Anil and therefore decided to adopt this child. He got Anil enrolled at a high school in Shirpur and kept him at his own place with other athletes. He took care of all his needs and started to train him and sooner than later, Anil had won a gold medal in state championship in 400mtr race with a timing of 53:00 seconds. After this, he started participating at National Level championships as well. After seeing his ability, he was selected by our foundation in the first ever batch of Sports Super 30.
After his basic training in Shirpur, he was brought to Mumbai with other selected athletes for a training of fifteen days. We went to his place with him to say goodbye to his parents and were shocked to see the family situation. Coming from such a household and taking these little steps is a big deal. His parents had cooked food for us all. When we were ready to leave, he hugged his parents and siblings and cried. After all, leaving home and family isn’t easy.
In Mumbai, he was a part of Adidas run, cancer awareness program and other events that took place. After being given a proper schedule and diet plan to follow, he was sent back to his place. He was really motivating. He might not belong to a very good family in terms of finances but his passion led him to this big platform and exposure. His house isn’t huge but his heart, for sure is!
Shakila Pawara’s home visit-
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
The day we met Shakila Pawara, we knew she was of the category of others. She is an eleven year old girl brave and audacious girl with an unceeasing passion. She is extremely passionate and hard working when it comes to her interests. Coming from a village like Dhadgaon where there’s no network or connection, she broke all records. She belongs to a poor tribal community living in the hills. Her father, too, is a farmer and mother-a housewife. She is the youngest to his four elder brothers. Coming from such a family, she had to struggle a lot. She used to go 1-2Kms uphill just to get network. Her elder brother is an athlete who lives with Mr. Subhash Pawara. Just like her brother Deepak, she too liked running a lot and therefore practicing with him on the hills became a routine for her. At the age of 20, Deepak had already ran various half and full marathons under the guidance of Mr. Pawara.
Deepak went to visit his family and after spending some time, he came back to Shirpur for ‘Shirpur Daud’-a running competition. This time, he brought his younger sister with him. She was ten years old when she participated in a 10Km run and came first. Seeing her ability, Subhash Pawara was impressed and surprised by her determination. He even decided to train her for free. He arranged everything for her, just like he had done for others. She later on participated in many competitions, one of which was Bajaj Pune Marathon. It was a 10Km run and she won first prize by completing it in 39:30 minutes. After seeing her skills and dedication, we selected her for our program Sports Super 30 and she too was brought down to Mumbai. We visited her place as well to bid her parents. It was an emotional rollercoaster too. Everybody cried and her parents were proud of her.
Even though we couldn’t visit everyone’s place, we still realize how everyone would’ve been feeling. It was a mixed feeling of sadness and excitement as they embark on a new journey. We appreciate everyone’s effort and are proud of everything that they’ve achieved. We wish the very best to all of them!
