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GRS to Feature in British Airways Campaign

GRS to Feature in British Airways Campaign

Last winter Grassroot Soccer won a Business Opportunities Grant from British Airways, providing the organization with 10 worldwide roundtrip tickets, 5 free global shipments, and $1000 towards hotel accommodation.  Following a very successful year in which GRS has educated and [...]

Coaches participate in the new Skillz activity "Skillz Cafe" during the Cape Town Generation Skillz Training of Coaches.

GRS Launches Generation Skillz In South Africa

September 6, 2010 marked the launch of Grassroot Soccer’s newest project, Generation Skillz, in Cape Town, South Africa.  Designed for older participants, aged 15-19, the Generation Skillz curriculum addresses four key risk-drivers of the HIV epidemic: multiple partners, intergenerational/transactional sex, [...]

GRS Malawi participant Tsalani (back right) shows off his graduation certificate.

PUTTING A FACE TO GRS’ IMPACT IN MALAWI

In 2008, Grassroot Soccer began a partnership with the Baylor College of Medicine’s Children’s Foundation and the Abbott Fund in Lilongwe, Malawi. This innovative program goes beyond delivering the GRS HIV prevention curriculum with youth, providing integrated HIV testing to [...]