IOC Young Leaders Programme (with Rishav Bhowmik)

Rishav Bhowmik is an architect and also a national level air rifle shooter. He got selected as a Young Sports Maker at Global Sports Week in Paris 2020 and 2022. He has done a Master trainer workshop in Olympic Value Education Programme and has been working with a NGO to help create a better future. His IOC Young Leaders project is called SportxALL.  SportxALL aims to provide free training and expert coaching to underprivileged children in the locality. The idea is to create an online platform which will connect all the sports clubs with everyone who wants to play sports. This will create traction for the clubs and in partnership with the project, the underprivileged kids will receive free training. These kids will also be provided with the appropriate sports equipment and sports goods to further their sports careers and journeys.  The IOC Young Leaders programme, launched in 2016, empowers talents to leverage the power of sport to make a positive difference in their communities.With the support of seed-funding from the IOC and a network of mentors, these inspiring young people have delivered over 100 initiatives reaching over 30,000 individual participants.As agents of Olympism they have also spoken at many international events spreading the message of sport for good and 17 IOC YLs are currently IOC Commission Members.  Articles:  Sport and low-income neighbourhoods: Commission publishes report https://sportcommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CWB-Commission-Summative-Report.pdf  IOC Young Leaders: https://olympics.com/ioc/sport-and-active-society/young-leaders ---  Please subscribe to the Sports for Social Impact Podcast wherever you get your podcast! Leave us a review and a 5 star rating to help bring others in the world of sports into the conversation!  Send us an email at [email protected]  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@SportsSocImpact)  Visit our website at https://www.sportsforsocialimpact.com/