Location
South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, United States
Key achievement
Supporting over 1.3 million youth in nealy 50 countries
Grassroot Soccer
Network Member
At the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for an estimated 69 percent of all people living with HIV and 70 percent of all AIDS deaths. At present, AIDS continues to be the main cause of death among adolescents.
Founded in Zimbabwe in 2002, Grassroot Soccer (GRS) integrates the cross-cultural appeal of football to build confidence and resilience in young people so that they can take control of their lives and health, on and off the field.
The organisation uses football sessions and activity-based social learning to normalise concepts surrounding sexual and reproductive health and rights which are traditionally stigmatised.
Social Topics
Contact
Grassroot Soccer
Kirk Friedrich
kirk@grassrootsoccer.org; k.friedrich@grassrootsoccer.org
