Vijay Barse (born 5 February, 1946) is a social worker from

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, India. He is known for having founded Slum Football, an organisation which uplifts underprivileged children through football. His efforts have led to upliftment of underprivileged children from Nagpur using football as a source.

Career

Barse worked as a sports teacher in

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, Nagpur. In 2001, he founded the Slum Soccer organisation after spotting a couple of underprivileged children playing with a makeshift football, inspiring him to start a soccer club. He established the Krida Vikas Sanstha Nagpur (KSVN) with his wife, Ranjana Barse, and son, Abhijeet Barse. Vijay Barse's story was also unveiled in Season 3's 1st episode of TV show

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which was hosted by Actor

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In popular culture

Barse's as well as Slum Soccer's life has been depicted in the

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movie Jhund directed and written by

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. Barse's character was played by Bollywood actor

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References

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