My son, Dr. Abhijeet Barse had left India to work in USA. He didn't understand what I was trying to do at first and went away to do his job because at that time our financial conditions weren't that good.

He got to know about the All India Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Jhopadpatti football tournament from the news, our administration and management had been praised in the news. He didn't know it was me who organised it, he just knew it was someone from Maharashtra. Later my daughter who was also in USA showed him an article in the news which mentioned me as the founder. It was at this time he called me up and said that he wants to leave his job. He wanted to work with me for some years and come back to India. Currently, he is the CEO of Slum Soccer. He was the one that suggested this name.

One of the first things he did was develop a website of the organization. He was the one who told me about the Homeless World Cup. It was started in Europe, the founders had started to help the street paper vendors who had drug addiction and from there it had grew to what it was. It was just like our Jhopadh Pati football tournaments but on an international levels. They had proper rules and had a shortened the playing field. Only four players played on the ground at a time.

In 2006, Abhijeet told me that the organizers of the Homeless World Cup had invited me to attend the tournament in South Africa. When I went there and talked to the founders, they told me how I had formed this idea before them. They told me that India's team should participate every year through Slum Soccer in the Homeless World Cup. Since, 2006 we have participated in every single Homeless World Cup. It has helped the kids develop a lot. These kids have never even been to big cities and through this tournament they have the opportunity to go abroad. It completely changes their outlook about life.