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Grassroot Soccer
198 Church Street
P.O. Box 712
Norwich, VT 05055
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Using the Power of Soccer in the Fight Against HIV and AIDS
Grassroot Soccer provides African youth with the knowledge, life skills, and support to live HIV-free. We continuously improve our innovative HIV prevention and life-skills curriculum, share our program and concept effectively, and utilize the popularity of soccer to increase our impact.
“Grassroot Soccer's work is a refreshing and highly promising effort
that can help turn the tide against HIV. Soccer is like a universal
language...Grassroot Soccer thus reaches large numbers of young people
with HIV education, and bases its programs on the best available
evidence.”
Gain guaranteed entry to the ING New York City Marathon on November
1ST, 2009 by supporting Grassroot Soccer, a non-profit organization
that uses the power of soccer in the fight against HIV & AIDS by
empowering youth with the knowledge and skills to remain HIV free.
Make a meaningful difference in your life and the lives of others by joining the Grassroot Soccer Marathon Team.
Games That Teach.
Learn more about our unique curriculum and why using the power of soccer to explain the risks of HIV and AIDS to kids really works.
Teachers To Admire.
Meet some of the amazing coaches that are helping us help kids in Africa, like Zimbabwe's own star, Khupa.
A World Without HIV.
Take a look at our work in Sub-Saharan Africa, where we're teaching kids to be smart about HIV and AIDS.
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Grassroot Soccer would like to thank The De Beers Fund for their continued support of our programs in South Africa and their dedication to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
 Grassroot Soccer has joined FIFA and StreetFootballWorld in the Football for Hope Movement. This strategic alliance uses soccer/football as a vehicle to achieve the UN Millenuim Development Goals.
New Sponsors
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 |
 Nike and GRS have joined forces to fight HIV in South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. This partnership will enable GRS to reach more than 10,000 youth between
2009 and 2011 and train hundreds of coaches to deliver the GRS program for
years to come.
"We are thrilled about this partnership," says GRS Managing Director Kirk Friedrich. "Nike is greatly enabling our organization to have greater impact by leveraging their relationships, brand and expertise."
At the core of the Nike brand is
passion for sport and the role it can play in life. It¹s a belief that
sport plays a critical role as a source of empowerment to help people
reach their full potential.
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 |
GRS was recently selected by a prestigious panel of judges one of 3 finalists in consideration for the Beyond Sport Best Project For Health Award. More than 265 organizations from 80 countries entered the inaugural 2009 Beyond Sport Awards . The iniative seeks to unearth,
celebrate and support the world’s most inspirational sports projects,
people and organisations that drive positive change through sport. By
reaching this stage of the judging process, each project will receive
an invitation to attend the Beyond Sport Summit on July 7-9 in London.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair,
Chairman of the Beyond Sport Ambassadors, added: “My congratulations to
those projects from all corners of the world that have been nominated
to the Beyond Sport Awards Shortlist. This is an immense achievement on
the part of these individuals and organisations and recognises their
important contribution to delivering social change.”
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009 |
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 Article by Frank Papalia, TheHoya.com
An inspiring story of how a past GRS intern in South Africa has united varsity athletes at Georgetown and leveraged the GRS model in an effort to stem the raging HIV epidemic in Washington D.C.
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