From the Field
Stories from Grassroot Soccer employees in the field, including the first-hand accounts of GRS Interns.
HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER
Inspired by opportunities to create innovative partnerships, GRS has joined international philanthropist and entrepreneur Bobby Sager and internationally acclaimed musician Sting as the key partner in the “Hope is a Game-Changer” project, through which GRS and its partners in six countries will receive 10,000 indestructible soccer balls for use in programming. The project was launched [...]
Port Elizabeth Hosts Freedom Day VCT Tournament
On Freedom Day, while most South Africans were celebrating the Freedom of their country, in Port Elizabeth, Grassroot Soccer was celebrating another type of freedom: the freedom to know your HIV status!
On Tuesday, April 27, Freedom Day, GRS Port Elizabeth hosted a Voluntary Counseling and Testing(VCT) Soccer tournament; a day of fun, soccer, and the [...]
GRS and J&J Host Girlz Got Skillz: A Young Women’s Summit on Health, Leadership, and Empowerment
From April 5-10, 2010, Grassroot Soccer partnered with Johnson & Johnson and the Academy for Educational Development to host Girlz Got Skillz, an inspired, cross-cultural exchange program promoting girls’ empowerment, leadership, and healthy decision-making. Bringing together 20 South African, 18 Namibian, and 11 American young women for a week in Kuils River, a community just [...]
ELTON JOHN VISITS GRS IN CAPE TOWN
Sir Elton John celebrated his 63rd birthday with Grassroot Soccer (GRS) at the Football for Hope Centre (FFHC) in Khayelitsha, a township just outside Cape Town, South Africa, on March 25, 2010.
Upon arrival at the Centre, Elton and staff members from the Elton John AIDS Foundation joined GRS’ Skillz Coaches and youth in the activity [...]
Finding Courage Through Skillz
Grassroot Soccer continues to make an impact on the lives of the youth who participate in our programs. The following story from Skillz Coach Siyabonga “Glen” Mgwadlen, from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, captures the power of our programs to create positive change for both our Skillz Coaches and participants.
I’ll never forget our first intervention at [...]