2009
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Football For Hope Centre Opens Its Doors To Khayelitsha And The World
On Saturday, December 5, a day after the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final Draw, the eyes of the global soccer community were on the opening of the world’s first Football for Hope Centre, in Khayelitsha, South Africa, the culmination of a yearlong collaboration involving the Football for Hope movement, Grassroot Soccer, the Khayelitsha Development Forum, [...]
Grassroot Soccer Gives HIV the Red Card
With the eyes of the global soccer community fixed on Khayelitsha, South Africa, the December 5 Football for Hope Centre opening was prime opportunity for debuting Grassroot Soccer’s exciting new programming concept and communications initiative for 2010, the Red Card campaign. On the eve of the World Cup in South Africa, the campaign endeavors to [...]
Grassroot Soccer Features in New (Nike) Red Campaign
WORLD AIDS DAY 2009:
On December 1, 2009, World AIDS Day, soccer superstars Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, and Clint Dempsey stood together in London with pop legend and humanitarian Bono to announce [...]
Tommy Clark featured in the Scottish Daily Record
Seeing teammates die of AIDS convinced me to do something to stop spread of HIV, says goalie Tommy Clark
Nov 16 2009 By Brian McIver
WITH 30,000 chanting Africans cheering him on,Tommy Clark stepped off the bench and took to the field at the Babourfields Stadium in Buloweyo, Zimbabwe.
The young Scots-born footballer, son of legendary Aberdeen goalie [...]
Barclays Spaces for Sports supports Grassroot Soccer Zambia
On Wednesday, November 13, 2009, Barclays Bank and Grassroot Soccer Zambia officially launched a 3-year partnership in Zambia under Barclays’ Spaces for Sport initiative. Over 100 guests attended the launch at the Barclays Sports Complex in Lusaka, including employees of Barclays Bank Zambia and GRS Zambia, representatives from partner organizations, 40 GRS coaches, and an [...]