Category: From the Field 134 posts found
SKILLZ Guyz Success Stories: “I’m a Changed Person”
About the Dreams Have No Gender campaign: You can help equalize the game for boys and girls in southern Africa who face significant adolescent health… Read More
“A Perfect Mindset is a Positive Mindset”: Meet Hope Peter
Hope Peter, 17 years old, is a Grassroot Soccer participant from Soweto, South Africa. Since grade 6, she has participated… Read More
Grassroot Soccer Celebrates World Malaria Day
World Malaria Day in Mozambique Grassroot Soccer’s locally-tailored curriculum provides interactive lessons about malaria: how it is spread, how to prevent it, and… Read More
Living The Three A’s: Kawama’s Story
The impact of Grassroot Soccer programming can be traced back to an approachable yet intricate concept: The Three A’s. Each of these pillars – assets,… Read More
Mojalefa’s Story: “I Am Grassroot Soccer”
Mojalefa Murubane is a new Programme Facilitator for the GRS Community Responses programme. He worked as a SKILLZ Coach in Alexandra from 2015-2017. Here is… Read More
Quinton Fortune Visits Grassroot Soccer
Former Manchester United star and renowned South Africa soccer player Quinton Fortune returned home to South Africa and visited Grassroot Soccer’s innovative adolescent… Read More
Making the Cut in Uganda: Findings of VMMC Demand-Creation Work Published
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) is widely recognized by public health experts as a key component of HIV prevention. According to the World Health… Read More
Coach Tacit’s Story: “I Aspired to Become a Change Agent”
Tacit Radebe is the Programs Coordinator for Grassroot Soccer in Alexandra, South Africa. After questioning his purpose in life, he became a GRS Coach and… Read More
Coach Tracey’s Story: “Grassroot Soccer Has Changed My Life”
Tracey Motaung is a GRS Coach in Gauteng, South Africa, who was recently trained in December 2016. While she has faced many challenges and difficulties in her… Read More
“Young People Can Change South Africa”: On International Youth Day, a Call to Action
There’s a chance you’ve heard the name Yamkela Nqweniso. The seventeen-year-old Grassroot Soccer graduate and volunteer is, among other accomplishments, an HIV youth ambassador,… Read More