2008
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Kaizer Chiefs’ captain Jimmy Tau joins the fight against AIDS
Source: Soccer Laduma
A 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 [...]
2010 World Cup Provides Platform for Major HIV Prevention Initiative
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 [...]
HIV Testing Gets a Kick Out of Soccer
Source: Sisanda Mabona, The Herald, South Africa
In 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 [...]
GRS and FHI Takes the Field in Tanzania
Source: Family Health International
Family Health International (FHI) is teaming up with Grassroot Soccer (GRS), a US-based nonprofit organization that uses the popularity of soccer to help reduce the transmission of HIV. In collaboration with GRS, FHI will build the capacity of three Tanzanian organizations to adapt and implement the GRS curriculum, which uses soccer-based activities [...]
Kicking AIDS to the Sidelines
Source: Article by Carrie Simmons
A 2008 Truman Scholar and Director of Grassroot Soccer’s Lose The Shoes Campaign, Brooke Rosenbauer is combining her passions for sports and health and has helped raise over $100,000 for GRS since 2006. After she graduates in May, she plans to work for GRS as a Field intern in South Africa. [...]