World Cup 2010

Posts related to the work Grassroot Soccer is doing to utilize the 2010 World Cup to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa and beyond.

A Skillz Street team poses at the Football For Hope Center in Kahayelitsha, South Africa.

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 [...]

GRS Port Elizabeth Features in Vanity Fair

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 [...]

GRS Coaches Meet FIFA President at World Cup Game

GRS Coaches Meet FIFA President at World Cup Game

Not only did five Grassroot Soccer (GRS) Coaches get a chance to see the Uruguay v Ghana quarterfinal match at Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium, but they also received a special invitation from FIFA President, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, to join him [...]