South Africa
News related to Grassroot Soccer’s work in South Africa
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 [...]
The Revolution’s Chris Tierney Spends His Off-Season With GRS
Chris Tierney, a wide left midfielder for the New England Revolution, spent a month of his off season not vacationing with friends and family, but volunteering for HIV/AIDS outreach with Grassroot Soccer in South Africa.
Tierney is 24 and heading into his third season with the Revolution. The Massachusetts native graduated from the University of Virginia [...]
Football For Hope Centre Opens Its Doors To Khayelitsha And The World
On Saturday, December 5, a day after the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final Draw, the eyes of the global soccer community were on the opening of the world’s first Football for Hope Centre, in Khayelitsha, South Africa, the culmination of a yearlong collaboration involving the Football for Hope movement, Grassroot Soccer, the Khayelitsha Development Forum, [...]
Grassroot Soccer Gives HIV the Red Card
With the eyes of the global soccer community fixed on Khayelitsha, South Africa, the December 5 Football for Hope Centre opening was prime opportunity for debuting Grassroot Soccer’s exciting new programming concept and communications initiative for 2010, the Red Card campaign. On the eve of the World Cup in South Africa, the campaign endeavors to [...]