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streetfootballworld network member Grassroot Soccer brings messages from football—like teamwork, decision-making and the importance of support networks—into the lives of African youth in order to help them avoid contracting HIV/AIDS. The organisation has developed a game-based curriculum, teaching young people about HIV/AIDS, prevention strategies and general life skills. Twice a week, Grassroot Soccer coaches visit local schools for an afternoon programme of education and training; each class receives an eight-week course of playful education.
Through the story of Lungi, who was orphaned at age nine, this video from Football’s Hidden Story illustrates the pain that HIV causes in Africa and how Grassroot Soccer enables young Africans to break out of the cycle of illness and despair.
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Grassroot Soccer's quarterly publication draws on football to teach young people life lessons. |
