From the Field
Stories from Grassroot Soccer employees in the field, including the first-hand accounts of GRS Interns.
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, [...]
GRASSROOT SOCCER PARTNERS WITH LEVI STRAUSS & CO. TO COMBINE SOCCER AND HIV PREVENTION IN WORLD CUP CAMP
Skillz Holiday program delivers HIV prevention education for employees’ children
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (June 24, 2010) — To keep children of Levi Strauss & Co.’s South African employees engaged and healthy during the extended World Cup school holiday, Grassroot Soccer is promoting HIV/AIDS prevention and outreach through the Skillz [...]
Castrol’s Skillz Holiday Programmes to empower and educate youth during World Cup
Castrol is rolling out its Skillz Holiday Programme to children around South Africa during the extended school break over the 2010 Fifa World Cup ™.
School holidays are traditionally a risky time for children. They are bored and free to roam without the daily occupation of school attendance, and many children in South Africa are left [...]