2010
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Study Finds Football Programs are Successful in Preventing the Spread of HIV
A study of Grassroot Soccer and other football for development projects, conducted by Coxswain Social Investment as part of the Football For an HIV Free Generation Initiative, has found that football programs are uniquely successful in preventing the spread of HIV.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – A new study, released by Coxswain Social Investment, finds football [...]
Grassroot Soccer Named Official Charity Partner of Women’s Professional Soccer
SAN FRANCISCO, CA & NEW YORK, NY (July 13, 2010) – Grassroot Soccer (GRS) and Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) are pleased to announce their new partnership supporting Get Active!, WPS’s campaign to fight childhood obesity across the country. GRS uses the power of soccer in the fight against HIV & AIDS in Africa and to [...]
GRS Port Elizabeth Features in Vanity Fair
The following is an article published 9 July, 2010 by Austin Merrill on VanityFair.com.
Perie Zabathempu has begun her weeks during the World Cup by reciting a Monday-morning story to groups of children in their early teens who live in the shantytowns that fringe Port Elizabeth, in South Africa. It’s a different group of kids each [...]
Young Leaders from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia Represent GRS at Football For Hope Festival
Eight Grassroot Soccer (GRS) graduates and three staff members from communities across Southern Africa came together last week to form the GRS delegation at the Football for Hope Festival. This diverse GRS group joined 31 other teams of young people from around the globe for a two-week event that will celebrate and showcase the power [...]
GRS Coaches Meet FIFA President at World Cup Game
Not only did five Grassroot Soccer (GRS) Coaches get a chance to see the Uruguay v Ghana quarterfinal match at Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium, but they also received a special invitation from FIFA President, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, to join him before the game. The Coaches received tickets to the game through the Sony Ticket Fund, [...]