Shanti Foundation

“Empower Women thru Education and Sports”.

Women’s Hockey is our Flagship Program. We are only a year old in this field, but our passion for sports encourages us to keep on going further for uplifting the state of women’s Hockey in the country. Within one year, we have been able to create an enabling environment for women’s Hockey, and with good support from the society, we get audience and players alike to participate in various women hockey events.

In April, 2016, the Foundation organized its first State Level (Prize Money) Championship wherein 08 teams from various corners participated. The Winning Team was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/- while the two runner ups received Rs. 75,000/- and Rs. 25,000/- respectively. To motivate the young and budding women hockey players, the Star performers were also awarded cash prizes for their sterling performances during the 05 days-long event.

We again organized “State Senior Women Hockey (Prize Money) Championship – 2nd Edition, 2017” (From 17th to 20th November, 2017), wherein 12 teams from various corners participated. It was the first time that the matches of this event were played on Astroturf. The venue was Mohammad Shahid Stadium (Astro Turf), Vijyant Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.

This year we are going to organize this event “UP State Senior Women’s Hockey Championship 2019” from 6th to 10th of March 2019. Once again these matches will be played on “Mohammad Shahid Stadium (Astroturf)”, Vijyant Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.

Apart from this State Level Championship, with handholding from UP Hockey, and the Department of Sports, UP, we supported around a dozen events by facilitating the teams’ travel, boarding and lodging and other such requirements including gifting them with Kits, Sticks etc. as and when required within our limited financial resources.