ABOUT GRASSROOT SOCCER
At the time of our football kit donation. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for an estimated 69 percent of all HIV-positive persons and 70 percent of all AIDS fatalities at the height of the pandemic. AIDS is still the leading cause of mortality among teenagers today.
Grassroot Soccer (GRS), founded in Zimbabwe in 2002, uses football’s cross-cultural appeal to instil confidence and resilience in young people, empowering them to take charge of their lives and health both on and off the pitch.
The organisation employs football sessions and activity-based social learning to normalise previously stigmatised notions about sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Stats from the logistics challenge