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.
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 [...]
MSD Supports Launch of F4 Namibia
Pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) has supported the recent launch of Football for an HIV Free Generation (F4) Namibia, which will catalyze the successful sports-based HIV prevention efforts of two local implementing partners under F4’s innovative, pan-African effort to leverage the power of soccer and the opportunity of the 2010 FIFA World Cup [...]
The English Premier League forms partnership with Grassroot Soccer
The English Premier League has supported the crucial expansion of the combined initiative of Grassroot Soccer and the Baylor Children’s Foundation in Malawi to improve the identification of HIV-infected children and to ensure that they receive appropriate follow-up care, education, treatment and support.
The GRS-Baylor partnership engages local communities in activities designed to raise awareness, promote [...]
Nike, GRS Team Up in 4 Countries
Nike and GRS have joined forces to fight HIV in South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. This partnership will enable GRS to reach more than 10,000 youth between 2009 and 2011 and train hundreds of coaches to deliver the GRS program for years to come.
“We are thrilled about this partnership,” says GRS Managing Director Kirk [...]
GRS and FHI Takes the Field in Tanzania
Source: Family Health International
Family Health International (FHI) is teaming up with Grassroot Soccer (GRS), a US-based nonprofit organization that uses the popularity of soccer to help reduce the transmission of HIV. In collaboration with GRS, FHI will build the capacity of three Tanzanian organizations to adapt and implement the GRS curriculum, which uses soccer-based activities [...]