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Using the Power of Soccer in the Fight Against HIV and AIDS


Grassroot Soccer provides African youth with the knowledge, life skills, and support to live HIV-free.

We continuously improve our innovative HIV/AIDS life-skills curriculum, share our program and concept effectively, and utilize the popularity of soccer to increase our impact.



“Grassroot Soccer's work is a refreshing and highly promising effort that can help turn the tide against HIV. Soccer is like a universal language...Grassroot Soccer thus reaches large numbers of young people with HIV education, and bases its programs on the best available evidence.”

- Helen Epstein, author, The Invisible Cure

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Games That Teach.

Learn more about our unique curriculum and why using the power of soccer to explain the risks of HIV and AIDS to kids really works.

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Teachers To Admire.

Meet some of the amazing coaches that are helping us help kids in Africa, like Zimbabwe's own star, Khupa.

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A World Without HIV.

Take a look at our work in Sub-Saharan Africa, where we're teaching kids to be smart about HIV and AIDS.




 

Interactive Map of GRS Programs

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Grassroot Soccer would like to thank The De Beers Fund for their continued support of our programs in South Africa and their dedication to the fight against HIV/AIDS.


ffh_logo_small.jpgGrassroot Soccer has joined FIFA and StreetFootballWorld in the Football for Hope Movement. This strategic alliance uses soccer/football as a vehicle to achieve the UN Millenuim Development Goals.

Methembe's Story

Zimbabwean GRS co-Founder Methembe Ndlovu shares his story



 
Tau joins the fight against AIDS
Wednesday, 03 December 2008

Article from Soccer Laduma

tau.jpgA number of South African sports stars, including Kaizer Chiefs captain Jimmy Tau, attended events in Port Elizabeth and Kimberly this weekend to acknowledge World Aids Day on December 1.

The sportsmen helped raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and motivated the people who gathered at the two events to get tested for HIV. They did this on behalf of a Cape Town-based HIV educational NGO, Grassroots Soccer, who held tournaments at the different venues.

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2010 World Cup Provides Platform for Major HIV Prevention Initiative
Monday, 01 December 2008
f4_logo_fixed_clear_small.png Today, World AIDS Day 2008, marks the official launch of the Football for an HIV-free Generation (F4) Initiative. Driven by an alliance between GRS, UNAIDS, Coxswain Social Investment Plus, loveLife, and the African Broadcast Media Partnership Against HIV/AIDSThe initiative taps into excitement around the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup by using soccer as the entry point for an evidence-based strategy that draws on best practice for HIV prevention, youth communication, and sport for development.

UNAIDS Executive Director, Dr. Peter Piot said:
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HIV Testing Gets a Kick Out of Soccer
Thursday, 27 November 2008

Article by Sisanda Mabona

The Herald, South Africa

kick_n_test.jpgIn a bid to encourage young people to know their HIV status, the second annual Kick ‘n Test soccer tournament will be held at Port Elizabeth‘s Zwide Stadium on Saturday. Eight Zwide and Kwazakhele high schools will each field two teams competing for the trophy, take part in educational activities and get tested for HIV/Aids to earn points.

Organiser Kellan Florio, of Grassroot Soccer, said the event aimed “to use the power of football as a tool to bring the youth together, increase awareness about HIV testing and treatment services and empower them to know their status by promoting positive peer pressure.”

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