Implementing Partners
By partnering with existing organizations on the ground through our “Implementing Partners” program Grassroot Soccer is able to expand the reach of our impact.
Grassroot Soccer Features in New (Nike) Red Campaign
WORLD AIDS DAY 2009:
On December 1, 2009, World AIDS Day, soccer superstars Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, and Clint Dempsey stood together in London with pop legend and humanitarian Bono to announce [...]
Barclays Spaces for Sports supports Grassroot Soccer Zambia
On Wednesday, November 13, 2009, Barclays Bank and Grassroot Soccer Zambia officially launched a 3-year partnership in Zambia under Barclays’ Spaces for Sport initiative. Over 100 guests attended the launch at the Barclays Sports Complex in Lusaka, including employees of Barclays Bank Zambia and GRS Zambia, representatives from partner organizations, 40 GRS coaches, and an [...]
GRS Zambia, In Partnership With Barclays Spaces For Sports, Tests Record Numbers At Skillz VCT Tourney
On Saturday, October 31st, over three thousand community members converged on Bauleni Basic School grounds in Lusaka where Grassroot Soccer Zambia held its second Voluntary Counseling and Testing football tourney of 2009, made possible by Barclays Spaces for Sports. Amidst a fun-filled day complete with football, drumming, dancing, and musical performances, enormous steps were taken [...]
A Record Number Of HIV Tests In Malawi
GRS Malawi saw unprecedented success during the weekend of October 23-25, 2009, through two community HIV testing events in Lilongwe. On the 23rd of October, through a half-day Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) tournament combining soccer, GRS activities, and HIV testing, GRS Malawi tested 215 people. Two days later, the GRS team, in partnership with [...]
Mpilonhle Introduces the GRS ‘Skillz’ Curriculum in Two Pilot Schools
This post was orginally published by MPILONHLE, one of our Implementing Partners in South Africa. MPILONHLE is using the Skillz Curriculum at two high schools in the Umkhanyakude District. You can read more about the excellent work they are doing by visting their website.
We’ve got Skillz
The first major component of Mpilonhle’s new Community Sports [...]