South Africa
News related to Grassroot Soccer’s work in South Africa
GRS Wins Nike and Ashoka’s Changemakers Regional Competition
(Washington, DC – August 25, 2010) Nike and Ashoka’s Changemakers today announced the three global winners and three regional winners in the Changing Lives Through Football competition. The six winners were chosen among nearly 300 entries that proposed innovative solutions to use football (“soccer” in the United States) to strengthen community, accelerate development and drive [...]
GRS Wins “How is Socialwok helping you?” Contest
Grassroot Soccer recently won the “How is Socialwok helping you?” contest for the innovative use of Socialwok and Google Apps for external collaboration and project management.
The following is an interview with GRS employee Taylor Downs, explaining how GRS uses Socialwok. To read the original article on Socialwok.com, click here.
How do you use [...]
GRS Features on National Public Radio
Grassroot Soccer’s Football For Hope Centre was featured in a National Public Radio (NPR) Broadcast on July 27, 2010. Click here to listen to the story, or read the full transcript from the broadcast below:
FIFA Hits Snags In Fulfilling World Cup Vow in Africa
by Anders Kelto
Some of the record $3 billion brought in by [...]
Study Finds Football Programs are Successful in Preventing the Spread of HIV
A study of Grassroot Soccer and other football for development projects, conducted by Coxswain Social Investment as part of the Football For an HIV Free Generation Initiative, has found that football programs are uniquely successful in preventing the spread of HIV.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – A new study, released by Coxswain Social Investment, finds football [...]
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 [...]