Coach's Story
Stories from Grassroot Soccer coaches about how HIV/AIDS has affected their lives.
MASTER COACH TITIE PLAATJIE FEATURES IN NEW BOOK “ELEVEN”
Nolusindiso ‘Titie’ Plaatjie, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, has recently been featured in the book ELEVEN: Making Lives Better, 11 Stories of Development Through Football. Written by Steve Fleming, co-founder of GRS Implementing Partner Kick4Life, and co-edited by streetfootballworld, the book tells stories of eleven extraordinary individuals, each of whom has been transformed by the [...]
GRS Coach Lunga Sidzumo Wins Mac Aids Fellowship
As a young leader in the fight against HIV and AIDS, Grassroot Soccer South Africa Coach Lunga Sidzumo, from Khayelitsha, was recently awarded a prestigious MAC AIDS Leadership Initiative Fellowship. Through a year-long training and development program, the fellowship supports leaders who have made significant contributions to reducing the spread and impact of HIV and [...]
Grassroot Soccer Founder and CEO Tommy Clark on the Vision and History of the Organization
From an early age I have been associated with the world of soccer. Growing up with a father who played on the Scottish national team, I received constant physical reminders (a lasso from Argentina, a wooden lion from China) that reinforced the notion of soccer as a unifying force.
When I was 14, the world came [...]