#KickForABrick – Chhetri and Ranbir takes the kick!
After the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the internet is in a frenzy over the #KickForABrick challenge.
While the rest of the world has been busy talking about Iceland’s meteoric rise at the Euro’s 16, Messi’s retirement after Argentina’s loss at the Copa America and other teams such as Germany, Spain, England, Poland etc a section of the Indian audience has been glued on to the #KickForABrick challenge.
The video that started it off appeared on Twitter a couple of days ago, and shows Ranbir Kapoor and Mumbai City FC striker & Captain of the Indian Football team Sunil Chhetri passing the ball to one another. They then proceed to challenge their fans to take up the #KickForABrick challenge.
And here’s the effect it had on fans.
From simple kicks
I accept the #KickForABrick campaign for the @YuwaFootball school and nominate @p_naitik @Lenovo_in pic.twitter.com/nlqbtCmE40
— Parita Patel (@paritaaaaa) July 3, 2016
To mind-blowing tricks
@Lenovo_in Here’s My #KickForABrick Challenge & I Challenge @yashvig009 @vishalvasan1997 @its_mohitd @khosla_mohit pic.twitter.com/NcvW2Sjo7i
— Nitin Dhuppad (@nitin_cul) July 3, 2016
To Sketches of footballs made on paper https://twitter.com/anuragsinha1992/status/749644524012568577 And even human footballs
@Lenovo_in #KickForABrick pic.twitter.com/IGY7mDhSAS
— Kunal Tripathi (@tripkun2008) July 3, 2016
People have come together to support the YUWA girls in their quest to build a new school.
The reason for doing so became clear after we took a closer look at the video. Ranbir and Sunil were heard saying “Every time you kick a ball, the YUWA girls get to add a brick to their new school.
A quick google search later, we chanced upon a site where we found out that the girls from the NGO YUWA have travelled all the way to Spain to play at the Donosti Cup-the largest youth football tournament in the world in order to raise funds for their school.
Looks like their story tugged at the internet’s heart strings & sent these people into a #KickForABrick frenzy.
And it’s simple to participate. Record your video, send it to +91 7718991766 or upload it on to Facebook & Twitter and challenge your friends using #KickForABrick. For more information, you can log on to http://www.girlswithgoals.in/kick-for-brick
And if football, is not your thing, you can simply donate money to fund the YUWA girls’ school on http://girlswithgoals.ketto.org/
