Big Dreams come true.
With the support of many.
A FOOTBALL FIELD was set up for the boys of Free Birds Open Shelter Home in their backyard. The plan was to create a 70 ft x 40 ft football field for the boys to play freely in a closed area.
Following are some of the notable features of the field.
- Area of 2800 sq ft, which is 70ft length & 40 ft breadth.
- Industrial work all around with 16 posts of 20 ft height.
- Strong nets of Nylon tied all around & also at the top so that the ball won’t go outside the field.
- 23 loads of soil were brought to the site to fill & raise the ground, which was then rolled hard using a road roller taken for rent.
- Goal Posts done with cylindrical pipes.
- Six LED flood lights installed across the field so that the kids can even play during night time.
- Vinyl boards with biography of renowned footballers who had very poor & challenging childhood, so as to inspire the kids of Free Birds.
> The entire foundation & structural work for the football field was done for the joy of Shermina from Dubai. The labour charges for ground leveling, piling, concrete etc were met with the amount shared by her. The industrial work of setting up the enclosure which included the cost for materials & labour was done with her support.
> The JCB work for making pits and other miscellaneous expenditure for cutting the coconut trees in the plot were met for the joy of Regesh from Kozhikode.
> 30 Bags of Cement for the concrete work were purchased with the amount shared by Rupa from Kozhikode.
> The cost of 150 ft M-Sand & 150 ft Gravel for the concrete work and 140 ft P-Sand for plastering work were met with the amount shared by Fincy from Sharjah.
> The cost of TMT bars for the entire structure were bought for the joy of Ehan mon from USA.
> The metal plates, bolts, odambala etc for the industrial work were bought for the joy of Pranav mon from Dubai.
> The rent for road roller for the final ground leveling work of the ground was met with the amount shared by Varsha from New Delhi.
> The cost of paint & painting materials were met for the joy of Sreeraj from Mumbai.
> The labour charges for painting work was met with the amount shared by Vikas from Singapore.
> The flood lights for the football field and the cost for materials & labour of electrical work were met with for the joy of Nimna from Washington, USA.
> The nylon net & ropes for enclosing the area were bought with the amount shared by Jaison Johnson from Doha and Amitha Anish from Doha.
> The cost for tying the nylon net around the field was met for the joy of Deethu from France.
> The cost of designing & fixing the vinyl boards with biography of renowned footballers, the granite tiles with engraving at the entrance to the field and all other transportation & miscellanous expenditure were met with the amount shared by Sanu from Singapore.
The whole work was completed in just 25 days and no words to thank various sets of labourers, who worked without break to ensure that the field is ready for inauguration on the 5th anniversary day of Arm of Joy.
“FC Free Birdsâ€, the football field constructed by Arm of Joy thus got innaugurated on 28th January 2020 by Marcus Joseph, the captain of Gokulam Kerala Football Club. Coach Santiago Varela, Fitness Coach Garcia Miranda, Vice captain Mohammed Irshad & Centre back Andre Ettienne were also there & they even played a friendly match with the kids. The excitement of kids playing with them cannot be described in words.
We expressed our sincere gratitude to CEO Ashok kumar & the entire team management for sending the players & officials. Smt. Sreela Menon, member of Child Rights Commission was also present on the occasion.
