A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Aman Sports – an initiative of Aman Foundation, and Moin Khan Sports Academy (MKSA), to help promote and re-inject sports into the mainstream as well as underserved areas. The partnership would give a platform to identify hidden sports talent, specifically in cricket, amongst school-going students of Karachi. The signing ceremony took place at DHA Moin Khan Sports Academy. MKSA’s CEO and Pakistan’s pride, Moin Khan and Aman Foundation’s CEO, Ahsan Jamil, signed the agreement in the presence of Executive Director of AmanSports, M. Faisal Mirza and many prominent sports personalities. The programme will be catering bottom of pyramid schools primarily and hence exposing them to the experiences and unique sense of fulfillment that only sporting achievement can give. Under this partnership MKSA will provide expert guidance in implementing cricket academies and a support structure for cricket conduct across the city, with international experts as well. The programme will include trainings in cricket, football, athletics and basketball for the first year and will expand to around 11 sports afterwards. Aman Foundation’s CEO, Ahsan Jamil said, “The future of the nation lies in the hands of children. At Aman Foundation, we are committed to creating systemic, scalable, and sustainable change, and re-injecting sport into the mainstream is going to play a huge part in drastically altering the social landscape and equity paradigm in the country.” Speaking on the occasion, Moin Khan thanked Aman Foundation and AmanSports for the step taken towards promoting sports in the segment where lack of facilities are causing deprivation in the lives of our people. He said, “It is an investment by AmanSports in the future of Karachi and Pakistan.” Executive Director of AmanSports, M. Faisal Mirza presented an overview of the programme and briefed on the mission, vision and strategy of AmanSports. He said, “Aman Sports is proud to be a part of the Aman Foundation, aspiring to make a difference in society by creating a meaningful push into grassroots sports development and academia, event creation, and sports marketing. It is extremely important to encourage involvement of our youth in healthy, organized sports activities.”
