To wish Team India of Street Child Cricket World Cup (SCCWC2019), as they embark on their quest for the inaugural tournament, British Deputy High Commission, The Hope Foundation and Save the Children organized a grand send-off ceremony in Kolkata.

The gala event also included a cricket match between the SCCWC Team India North and the BDHC Team. To inspire and motivate the kids present at the occasion were Jhulan Goswami, Manoj Tiwary, Dibyendu Barua, Rukmini Maitra and Iman Chakraborty.

The one-of-its-kind international tournament is being organised by Street Child United (SCU), a UK-based organization, which has a legacy of holding street child tournaments around major sporting festivals like FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Olympics in Brazil, FIFA World Cup Russia and more. The SCCWC is an opportunity to unite street connected children from nine countries, to play at the prestigious Lord’s Cricket Ground, while also put a spotlight on challenges they face.

The SCCWC being held in May 2019, ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup, is the first Cricket World Cup for street-connected children.