South Africa: Whizzkids
What is the aim of your program?
To help prevent HIV through the medium of football
How many coaches/volunteers work for your program?
17
What social problems does your program address? (e.g. health, conflict etc)
HIV, OVC’s, rape, gender inequalities, poverty, unemployment
Tell us some of the things that you would do in a normal soccer education session with the children?
Use football as a means to teach life skills. Each football skill serves as an analogy to a corresponding life skill. Needs for goals in football = need to set goals in life etc
How many children take part in your program?
10,000 to date
