“I wake up with a purpose to give back to society,” she says, revealing that her day comprises work meetings, working out, and meeting up with people since she returned to Malaysia from Amsterdam where she was based. Nicol who was in competitive sports for 20 years, says that she is now ready to give her all to the foundation. Sports is important for health, self improvement and character development,” she says. “It’s my desire to see more people taking part in sports, especially squash. Nicol says that her desire is that this programme will give more opportunities to families whose children don’t have the chance to take part in sports or get tutored in English. “Children are selected for the programme from public schools in the surrounding areas of Bukit Jalil and Sri Petaling,” she adds. “The subsidised programme enables children from the ages of eight to 12 to be trained for five years before they go to secondary school,” she says. Photo: The Star/Faihan Ghani“The Little Legends programme supports B40 and M40 children with an after-school programme that includes squash training, English tutoring and life skills,” says Nicol. The squash clinic with Malaysian squash legend Datuk Nicol David at National Squash Centre, Bukit Jalil. The former world squash champion together with Colombian professional squash professional Mariana de Reyes recently launched the Nicol David Organisation, located in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, to “empower girls and boys through sport and education”. “That opportunity changed my life forever, as it showed me the importance of hard work, dedication and humility,” she adds. "When I was five years old, I was given the greatest opportunity in my life, and that was to play a sport – squash," she says. Sport changed her life and Datuk Nicol David is now intent on giving opportunities to children in hopes that they can dream big just like she did, and transform their lives through sport and education.
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