One vision : create an environment helping to outdo oneself on a sportive , educational and human aspect . The MCB Football Academy distinguishes itself since the beginning with its global approach in order to make tomorrow ’ s citizens flourish . Initiated by the MCB Forward Foundation , which manages all the Corporate Social Responsibility ’ s activities for the MCB group , this project arises from the small village of Saint Hilaire , before spreading to other regions — from Flacq to Camp Levieux , including Pailles and Rodrigues island .
The MCB Football Academy is clearly about football — whose values and facets are instilled in children aged 6 to 11 by certified coaches . Together with those disadvantaged youngsters , they teach about living their passion for the round ball . Playing with friends , feel the thrill of a game , a dribble or the joy of scoring … as many pleasures that football awakens ! But the MCBFA ’ s holistic approach goes beyond football . The children entering one of those academies benefit from a regular follow-up as to embolden their development in its globality . To do so , the MCBFA has built itself as a place of life where all the difficulties , like poverty or a complex family environment , don ’ t mean fatality .
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Juliette François-Assone , MCB Forward Foundation director , explains : “ Evolving in those academies means more than just knowing how to play with a ball . Those children are obligated to go to school — but not only . They benefit , for instance , from training on the necessity of education , civic duties and what truly being part of society entails . In this learning process preparing for adulthood , the parents also have an essential part to play . They are fully involved in those awareness activities , in order to be able to guide their children at home and take responsibility to become accomplished parents .”
The children ’ s health , and everything it implies , is another line of action at the MCBFA in view to help those facing eventual emotional instabilities , or even psychological abuse from their community . This is why the MCBFA also assists with their mental health .
A whole dedicated helping ecosystem is thus proposed by the MCBFA in order to grow and flourish the future generation …
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