Desert Vipers Schools Programme - teaching cricket and the climate in the UAE

Send us Fan MailThis is an episode with a difference as we focus on the Desert Vipers Schools Programme.  The Desert Vipers staff are visiting as many schools as possible within the UAE, and the idea is designed to have multiple upsides. It is, first and foremost, a means to provide an introduction to cricket for children in the country which the franchise – and the tournament – calls home, something that will hopefully foster a love for the sport among those children. On top of that, the programme will hopefully create some more Desert Vipers fans, drive attendances at Vipers matches during the upcoming second season of the ILT20 and also highlight the issues of sustainability and the climate emergency, all things the franchise is committed to do. Vipers Voices went along for one of the school sessions, at GEMS Winchester School in Dubai, and we hear from some of those involved, including Vipers new recruits Karthik Meiyappan and Aryan Lakra, as well as from the Desert Vipers Sustainability Manager Ben Hardy-Jones, on why this programme is such a key part of what the Vipers are doing.During Ben's chat, he mentions the Vipers' Sustainability Strategy Framework - how the Vipers plan to reduce emissions to net zero - and here's a link to that documents which can be found on the Desert Vipers website: https://www.thedesertvipers.com/static-assets/docs/dv_sustainability_report.pdf(Thumbnail photo is Desert Vipers Operations Manager Sam Charnley)https://www.thedesertvipers.comhttps://twitter.com/TheDesertVipershttps://www.instagram.com/thedesertvipers/https://balqiscapital.com