Change Lives Through Football
09 August 2010
In March, Nike opened up the playing field.
Any organization using the power of football to drive social change could submit its idea for a chance to join the Nike Gamechangers roster.
Close to 300 organizations stepped up to the challenge. A panel of expert judges has cut the field down to 12 finalists based on innovation, social impact and sustainability.
Now you decide the next Nike Gamechanger.
The top 3 ideas will win money and support to help implement their ideas.
Vote for your favourite idea. Change lives through football.
Grassroots Give Hope
03 March 2010
What you do off the pitch can have as much impact as what you do on it.
As part of the Grassroot Soccer initiative, the commitment of coaches like Mooki, Precious, Kwinji and Bethembe are making a difference on the pitch and in life.
HIV/AIDS claimed 1.5 million lives in Africa in 2007, an ...
Mooki
17 February 2010
Nhlanghla Dube (Mooki) is a 19-year-old defensive midfield player for Zimbabwean Premier League team, Highlanders.
In between games and training sessions for Highlanders, Mooki spends time coaching boys and girls for Grassroot Soccer in his home town of Bulawayo.
"I take the issue personal ...
Fighting HIV/AIDS Through Football
30 November 2009
A common love- and a common enemy.
The love is for the game of football. The enemy is AIDS.
And many programs in Africa like Grassroot Soccer are using the one to fight the other.
These programs use the unifying language and passion of the world’s greatest game to teach HIV/AIDS awa ...
MEDICATE – THE LAZARUS EFFECT
30 November 2009
With two pills a day that cost as little as 25 pence, a person dying in Africa from complications from AIDS can be raised from near death and given a renewed chance at life. This transformation is called the Lazarus Effect. These two antiretroviral (ARV) pills a day are more than just medici ...
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