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About the Castrol Skillz Holiday Programme:
In partnership with Grassroots Soccer, Castrol is rolling out the Castrol Skillz Holiday Programme to 4,500 children during the extended 2010 FIFA World Cup ™ school break. The initiative is part of Castrol’s legacy programme established after company announced a six year partnership with FIFA for the 2009 and 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup events and the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup™ tournaments.
The Castrol Skillz Holiday Programmes will take place in and around Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria and Soweto, Richards Bay and Phalabrowa mining communities, bringing the total number of camps to 45. At each camp, 100 learners between the ages of 12 and 16 will participate in an intensive five-day Skillz Development programme.
To support the quest to secure South Africa’s future legacy donate here:
Foreign credit cards are accepted and donations made in USD. Please visit www.oanda.com to calculate the exchange rate to your home currency.
Click here to watch a short video on the Castrol Skillz Holiday programme.
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- A Skillz Coach and participants celebrate a goal.
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- A participant kicks a ball during a Castrol Holiday Camp in Soweto, South Africa.
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- Participants sign the Skillz Contract before a September Holiday camp in Soweto, South Africa
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- Kids practice “Find the Ball” during a September 2009 Castrol Holiday Camp in Khayelitsha, South Africa.
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