South African Homeless Street Soccer (SAHSS) uses football to get children and young people who live on the streets involved in positive activities that will help improve their lives. Young people from 12 local networks in the Cape Town region meet on a weekly basis. Each team comes from a community organisation with a rich history of programmes assisting street people.

In cooperation with these organisations, SAHSS uses football to foster healthy individual development, teach positive values and life skills, strengthen education, prevent disease— particularly HIV/AIDS—through education and provide health and well-being.