Press release... "September 6, 2010 marked the launch of Grassroot Soccer’s newest project, Generation Skillz, in Cape Town, South Africa. Designed for older participants, aged 15-19, the Generation Skillz curriculum addresses four key risk-drivers of the HIV epidemic: multiple partners, intergenerational/transactional sex, alcohol abuse, and gender-based violence.
Responding to the disproportionately high prevalence of HIV amongst young girls and new research that shows that one in seven new HIV infections could be prevented if women were not subjected to physical or sexual abuse, this bold new curriculum aims to use soccer to spark vital conversations that challenge gender norms and address the difficulties facing teenage youth in South Africa..." GRSweb
See the rest of the article here.
Generation Skillz will be coming to Port Elizabeth next week, as 14 of our coaches will be trained in the new curriculum. Updates to follow.
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