The academy, which started on Monday, is the first of its kind in Asia and the third in the world after Senegal and Ecuador. It has been set up in collaboration with Fundacion Vincente Ferrer, the Spanish arm of the Rural Development Trust (RDT), an Anantapur-based NGO.It will train 103 boys and girls aged between 11 and 13 years primarily in football. At the suggestion of RDT’s Associate Programme Director Moncho Ferrer, training will also be given in hockey, kho-kho and kabaddi.Set in a four-acre campus, the facilities include a playing field, two changing rooms, two class-rooms and a computer class-room with the objective of comprehensive education.Though not a residential scheme, there will be two-and-half-hour sessions in the morning and evening, and some nourishment provided to the participating children.To the RDT estimate of 70,000 Euros, the European club added another 10,00 Euros for the three-year duration of the scheme that totally converts to Rs 44 lakh.
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