About NGO:
Founded in 1999, Magic Bus is one of the fastest-growing indigenous NGOs in India. Magic Bus’ mission is to empower vulnerable children, youth and communities in India in the areas of education, gender, health, leadership and livelihood,using sport as a development tool. We use a sports- and activity-based learning platform to achieve our development goals. Besides Mumbai, Magic Bus now delivers programmes in Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Haryana, Maharashtra and Odisha. We work with children (7-15 yrs) belonging to vulnerable communities through youth volunteers (17+yrs). These youth volunteers are from the same communities and have become role models through our Sport for Development sessions. In addition, Magic Bus regularly interacts with the community, conducting group discussions, parent meetings, community sports tournaments, advocacy programmes and other activities based on local needs.

Fund Usage:
Funds raised through the SCMM will be utilised for programme delivery in Maharashtra to achieve measureable impact in our domain areas of education, health, gender, leadership and livelihood.
Impact:
•Health: 70% of Magic Bus children improve their health, fitness and nutrition levels •Gender: 40% of Magic Bus children as well as our volunteer mentors are girls. Magic Bus children are also more likely to have healthy relations with the opposite gender as they grow up. •Education: 70% of Magic Bus children who dropout of school re-enroll thanks to Magic Bus interventions, and stay in school. •Livelihood: 85% of Magic Bus youth enroll in Connect - our employability programme. 90% of these youth understand the importance of schooling and are pursuing their further education.
Page Url :
http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ngo51_magic_bus.htm

Founded Year: 2001

Cause category: Others

Our Supporters

• Vedant Rao
• Kim Modi
• Russa Mehta
• Deepak Shahdadpuri
• Sandeep Murthy