groups and gender but they got along seamlessly a similar event was held at both atmakur and gooty on the following daythe football project manager dada khalander agreed saying the players really enjoyed the grassroots festival every child got to participate in all the activities and you could really see their engagement and interesta major positive that comes out of the grassroots festival is that it provides children with a stage and an environment where they can express themselves and form new relationships and bonds it helps them learn more about values that are of great importance both in sports and in life such as teamwork fair play and respect for others watching children enjoy a funfilled event such as this can also help parents and other members of communities realise the importance of sport and the beneficial role it can play in a childs lifeafter another successful festival asa is focused on growing the outreach of their program even further when asked about this grassroots coordinator vamshi said next year we aim to celebrate the afc grassroots football day at 10 mandals our objective is to reach out to children who have not yet had the opportunity to play football it is about engaging with different communities