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Meet Coach Florence Tembo: “Life Has Not Been an Easy Journey”

August 29, 2018

Florence Tembo is a dedicated 20 year-old business lady in Lusaka, Zambia. Like other Grassroot Soccer Coaches she’s a self-motivated young… Read More

Grassroot Soccer Showcases Impact and Insights at 2018 International AIDS Conference

July 30, 2018

Coach Taonga leads the crowd at the GRS AIDS 2018 Pre-Conference Event. Copyright: International AIDS Society / Matthijs Immink As the largest conference… Read More

SKILLZ Guyz Success Stories: “I’m a Changed Person”

July 12, 2018

About the Dreams Have No Gender campaign: You can help equalize the game for boys and girls in southern Africa who face significant adolescent health… Read More

Grassroot Soccer Selected as a Winner of the Demand Creation Challenge

July 2, 2018

OPTIONS Consortium Showcases Best-in-Class for HIV Prevention Demand Creation Grassroot Soccer was selected as the “Best Demonstrated Impact” winner of the… Read More

“The Highest Example”: Quinton Fortune Shares Thoughts on GRS Coaches, Positive Masculinity (Video)

June 29, 2018

About the campaign: You can help equalize the game for boys and girls in southern Africa who face significant adolescent health challenges, perpetuated by harmful gender… Read More

“Dreams Have No Gender” Spotlight: Neo Malema

June 23, 2018

About the campaign: You can help equalize the game for boys and girls in southern Africa who face significant adolescent health challenges, perpetuated by harmful gender… Read More

Grassroot Soccer Welcomes Rachel Riley as a Global Ambassador

June 18, 2018

Rachel Riley attends Grassroot Soccer programming in South Africa, April 2018. JOHANNESBURG — Television presenter and personality Rachel Riley is on a mission… Read More

“A Perfect Mindset is a Positive Mindset”: Meet Hope Peter

May 23, 2018

Hope Peter, 17 years old,  is a Grassroot Soccer participant from Soweto, South Africa. Since grade 6, she has participated… Read More

Inaugural Changemaker Cup Delivers a Win for Adolescent Health

May 22, 2018

Pictured: Competitors at the first-ever Grassroot Soccer Changemaker Cup LONDON – On Monday, 21 May, a dedicated group of Grassroot Soccer (GRS) supporters… Read More

Grassroot Soccer Celebrates World Malaria Day

April 30, 2018

World Malaria Day in Mozambique Grassroot Soccer’s locally-tailored curriculum provides interactive lessons about malaria: how it is spread, how to prevent it,… Read More