Cricket legends Sir Ian Botham of England and Kapil Dev of
India paid a visit to the slums of Mumbai, India, to play sports with the
children there. Botham and Dev are both members of the Laureus World Sports
Academy, which is supporting the child development organization Magic Bus.
IWC
Schaffhausen, a Laureus Global Partner, took the opportunity to present a prize
to the winner of their drawing competition to the winning young artist –
pictured above with Botham and Dev – who is a part of the Magic Bus program.
Sales of that watch indirectly support the Magic Bus, through the Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation.
In Mumbai, the Magic Bus is using football, handball and a
host of other learning activities to improve the lives of impoverished
children. This is how cricket greats find themselves playing football, as seen
here.
“We do what we can, but it is always heart-breaking to know that for
every child we help there are maybe another ten or one hundred that we cannot.
Hopefully by helping a few, they will be able to become youth leaders
themselves and work to improve conditions in their community,” said Dev.