ELevate 2025, the Flagship Event of Enabling Leadership Empowers Thousands of Underserved Children to Defy the Impossible and Lead

• Around
  10,000
  underserved
  children
  from
  9
  locations
  across
  India
  showcased
  their
  leadership
  skills
  over
  the
  past
  six
  months
  during
  the
  city
  qualifiers
  and
  regional
  finals

• 800
  regional
  winners
  now
  travel
  to
  Bengaluru
  for
  the
  National
  Finals
  on
  February
  8
  &
  9

• Many
  of
  these
  children
  get
  the
  rare
  opportunity
  to
  travel
  out
  of
  their
  city
  for
  the
  first
  time!

The
stage
is
set
for
the
grand
ELevate
2025
National
Finals,
a
celebration
of
resilience,
creativity,
and
excellence.
After
an
inspiring
six-month
journey
spanning
9
locations
across
India,
this
flagship
event
by

Enabling
Leadership
will
culminate
in
February
2025,
bringing
together
over
800
extraordinary
young
leaders
from
underserved
communities
across
India.
Being
hosted
at
the
New
Horizon
College
of
Engineering,
Bengaluru
on
February
8
&
9,
ELevate
2025
is
not
just
a
competition;
it’s
a
testament
to
the
power
of
determination
and
opportunity.
Every
participant
represents
a
story
of
defying
the
odds
to
rise
and
unlock
their
fullest
potential
as
they
build
the
skills
necessary
to
break
out
of
the
cycle
of
poverty.

A
mixed-gender
Football
match
at
the
Enabling
Leadership
Play
regional
qualifier

The
regional
events
that
began
in
August
2024
have
been
a
powerful
showcase
with
around
10,000
children
transforming
challenges
into
achievements
through
Enabling
Leadership’s
innovative
programs
―
EL
Play
(football),
EL
Create
(music),
and
EL
Build
(Lego).
Over
six
months,
these
young
changemakers
have
inspired
audiences
with
their
grit
and
talent
in
mixed-gender
Football
Leagues,
Lego
Showcases
and
Music
Concerts
proving
that
potential
is
sometimes
bound
by
circumstances
but
can
be
fuelled
by
opportunity
and
vision.

30+
regional
events
held
from
August
2024
to
January
2025
in
Bengaluru,
Mumbai,
Pune,
Chennai,
Hyderabad,
as
well
as
in
rural
Dharwad,
Satana,
Pollachi
and
Kumta
drew
thousands
of
participants
and
spectators.
As
the
journey
reaches
its
crescendo,
the
ELevate
2025
National
Finals
promise
to
be
a
larger-than-life
event
that
celebrates
the
indomitable
spirit
of
800
regional
finalists.

Students
from
prominent
international
schools
will
join
the
underserved
children
from
Enabling
Leadership’s
programs
in
exhibition
matches,
panel
discussions,
performances,
and
showcases,
fostering
collaboration
and
mutual
learning
during
this
year’s
ELevate.

Ravi
Sonnad,
CEO
of
Enabling
Leadership
Global,
shares,

“Now
in
its
third
edition,
ELevate
is
home
to
the
world’s
largest
mixed-gender
football
tournament,
the
country’s
most
dynamic
competition
for
original
compositions,
and
the
biggest
LEGO
showcase
of
creativity
and
innovation.
ELevate
is
more
than
an
event
–
it’s
a
movement.
It’s
about
showing
the
world
what
is
possible
when
you
give
children
a
platform
to
grow,
lead,
and
inspire.
These
young
leaders
are
testament
that
the
impossible
can
be
achieved
through
belief,
effort,
and
opportunity.”

The
winners
during
the
ELevate
event
shall
be
awarded
a
scholarship
to
continue
their
higher
education,
once
they
complete
their
schooling.

ELevate
2025
is
supported
by
Feeding
India
(a
Zomato
Giveaway)
as
the
Nutrition
partner
and
Oyo
as
the
Accommodation
Partner.
The
programs
of
Enabling
Leadership
are
supported
by
Sony
Music,
FIFA
Foundation,
Common
Goal,
Larsen
&
Toubro,
Reliance
Foundation,
Akamai,
and
many
other
leading
corporations.

About
Enabling
Leadership

With
a
bold
mission
to
empower
100,000
children
by
2030,
Enabling
Leadership
is
changing
the
narrative
for
underserved
communities.
Enabling
Leadership
is
a
global
non-profit
organisation
that
equips
children
from
under-served
backgrounds
with
the
essential
Life
and
Leadership
skills
necessary
for
them
to
work
themselves
out
of
the
cycle
of
poverty
and
become
productive
and
responsible
adults.

The
organisation
currently
reaches
around
10,000
children
between
the
ages
of
9-15
across
7
cities
and
45
villages
in
India,
Cambodia,
Singapore
and
Kenya.
Its
programs
use
the
mediums
of
music
(Enabling
Leadership
Create),
football
(Enabling
Leadership
Play)
and
Lego-type
building
blocks
(Enabling
Leadership
Build)
to
inculcate
21st
century
skills,
values
and
attitudes
so
students
grow
to
be
tomorrow’s
role
models,
global
citizens,
and
change
makers.

For
more
details,
please
visit:

enablingleadership.org.