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Mumbai: 7 cancer survivors from city win at World Children's Winners Games

The children had participated in different sports such as rifle shooting, chess, table tennis, etc., through the Tata Memorial Hospital's Impact Foundation and won 22 medals.

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This year 16 countries took part in the World Children’s Winners Games
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Nine school students and cancer survivors from across the country, out of which seven are from the city won silver, bronze and gold medals in World Children's Winners Games (WCWG) at Moscow, Russia. The children had participated in different sports such as rifle shooting, chess, table tennis, etc., through the Tata Memorial Hospital's Impact Foundation and won 22 medals.

The seven students are survivors of blood cancer, tumour, etc. Bhargav Jain, Kavya Sagalgile, Garvil Poladia, Ibne Ali, Hritik Ande, Darab Ansari from Mumbai and Thane, and Zoher Dhinojwala from Telangana and Mihir Singh from Madhya Pradesh represented India in WCWG. The Tata Memorial Hospital's Impact Foundation every year receives invitation from WCWG to participate in different games. The children, who have taken treatment at Tata, get a chance to participate in this competition.

The main purpose of the Winners Games is to help children who have overcome cancer get back to normal life and rehabilitate after a long battle with the disease. These participants gain confidence, and learn that they are not different from other children. Thereby realising that they too can lead the same active life as others, as they had led before, given that sport is the very opposite of disease. This year 16 countries took part — including India — in the World Children's Winners Games, where around 600 cancer survivors participated in different games.

Ameeta Bhatia, co-ordinator, Tata Memorial Hospital's Impact Foundation, said" "World Children's Winners Games started in 2010, India got its first invitation in 2014. We are very proud that the children (cancer survivors), treated at Tata Memorial Hospital, win in this competition every year. This year, nine children won 22 medals. Doctors from Tata Memorial identify these kids, who are into sports, and refer them to us when they come for followups in the hospital. We give them atleast five months training in different sports like chess, football, rifle shooting, etc., and prepare them for these games. The motto behind taking them to this competition is to build confidence in them and make them realise they are like any other normal child."

Snehal Kadam, rifle shooting trainer at Prabhodhankar Thackeray Sports Club, said: "I taught rifle shooting to some of them and they learnt within a short period and won bronze and silver. Kids are very sharp and learn fast."

Dimple Poladia, mother of Garvil (10), a class 5 student and one of the cancer survivors, said: "I am very proud of my son. He won medals in chess, table tennis and rifle shooting — two gold and a bronze medal, respectively. He was treated for blood cancer and was cured at the age of 3."

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  • The children had participated in different sports such as rifle shooting, chess, table tennis, etc. 
     
  • Tata Memorial Hosp’s Impact Foundation receives invitation from WCWG every year. 
     
  • Aim of the Games is to rebuild the confidence of the survivors.
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