New GOALScorer from South Africa

We are happy to announce that Football Without Borders (FWB) from South Africa has just joined our GOALScorers initiative.

FWB is an organisation that uses the power of sport, particularly football, to create a vehicle for social change for disadvantaged communities.

They believe in equiping youth with leadership skills enabling them to tackle the social issues that they face in their communities such as substance abuse, gender inequality, sexual reproductive health and access to education.

FWB's target group is youths aged 10-18 years and they operate in 3 communities in Johannesburg (Hillbrow Inner City and Informal Settlements of Zandspruit and Kromdraai) and are impacting a total 600 youths focusing on four key areas of sport development, education, health education and community development.

Main programs:

SDG3 Goodhealth & Wellbeing

Life On The Ball:

Sports-based health education program which addresses issues such as HIV/AIDS, sexual reproductive health, drug and alcohol abuse, and gender-based violence.

SDG4 Quality Education

Learning Through Football:

Sports-based program that teaches youth literacy and numeracy skills.

After School Homework Clubs:

Academic assistance to supplement school learning.

SDG5 Gender Equality

Lezinthombiziyakhona:

This is FWB’s girl empowerment program which teaches sports leadership, sexual reproductive health and human rights.

SDG6 Clean Water & Sanitation

WASH4Sport:

This sports-based intervention program is designed to educate youth and their communities on water sanitation and hygiene.