Community work with a smile

Oyugis, Kenya 30 March 2012. During a YDF workshop on HIV/AIDS prevention in Nyanza Province, Kenya, the Society Empowerment Project (SEP) introduces the golden term ‘SMILE’ into the work of football and life-skills coaches.Your description here.
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SSCN runs Jozi

Johannesburg, 22 March 2012. Members of the Sport for Social Change Network southern Africa (SSCN) were among the 10,000 runners reveled in the inaugural Nike Run Free. Run Jozi. 10 kilometer night race. All runners boldly claimed back the streets of Johannesburg on Human Rights Day, March 21^st.

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SSCN takes the next step

Johannesburg, 05 March 2012. A new chapter is written in the history of sport for development as the Southern African Sport for Social Change Network (SSCN) becomes a formal legal entity and elects its first SSCN Board of Directors.

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Gender scores the winning goal!

Pretoria, 25 January 2012. The first Africa-wide Gender Award of the Africa Department of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH was presented in December 2011. With its innovative approach and endurance in promoting gender equality, raising female participation in sport, and fostering mutual understanding between young boys and girls, the Youth Development through Football (YDF) project was selected as one of the four winners.
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A partnership for the common Green Goal!

Durban, 10 December 2011. While the high-level negotiations at the UN climate change conference COP 17 in Durban were culminating, the partners of the Green Goal! event met on 9 December at the German Stand of the CCR Expo to discuss the outcomes of their four-day programme.
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International dialogue on the football pitch

Durban, 08 December 2011. After observing the different stations of the Green Goal! event, Michael Kauch, member of the German parliament and his party’s spokesperson for environmental affairs, concluded: ‘This project makes clear: you can do something yourself.’ Not only high-level conferences and international agreements can lead to saving our environment, but also personal involvement and taking action. ‘You don’t have to wait for the politicians,’ he continued.
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Goals for our Environment

Durban, 08 December 2011. A ‘Tree of Commitments’ has been growing at Hoy Park Sports Ground in Durban’s city centre since the beginning of this week. Wooden boards that carry personal commitments and messages from youngsters from the area are being attached to each other to resemble the trunk of a tree. The youth commit to ‘not throw papers on the ground’, ‘use public transport’ or ‘do not let a water tap running’.
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Addressing climate change with football

Durban, 04 December 2011.  The Youth Development through Football (YDF) project has developed a new manual on how to raise environmental awareness using football, and presented its ‘Manual for Environmental Awareness’ to the public during the conference on climate change (COP 17) in Durban.
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YDF approach reaches new shores

Ukraine, 17 November 2011. The Youth Development through Football (YDF) project is proud to announce the launch of a partner project in Ukraine – The ‘Fair Play’ project is implemented by GIZ Ukraine in partnership with the Ukrainian Department of Youth and Sport.
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YDF Manual for Environmental Awareness published

Pretoria, 28 October 2011. The Youth Development through Football (YDF) project has published the ‘YDF Manual for Environmental Awareness,’ another short module in the YDF Toolkit that focuses on a specific topic. This manual shows how the potential of football can be used to raise environmental awareness and contribute to a healthy environment. What appears at first glance to be an extremely difficult notion is presented in the manual in a manner that is both understandable and extremely vivid. The purpose of the manual is to advise and assist coaches - even those with limited experience in environmental issues - with taking important steps towards a healthier environment.
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YDF Toolkit on Football and Life Skills under the patronage of UNESCO

Paris, 17 October 2011. The formulation of sport-for-development methodologies and tools is one of the most crucial cornerstones of the Youth Development through Football (YDF) project. Through expertise and years of committed work, YDF - and in particular one of the project’s former employees, Henning Schick - created what is today known as the ‘YDF Toolkit on Football and Life Skills’.
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'What boys can do, girls can do too!'

Mabopane, 13 October 2011. October 2011 saw a delegation of ten young journalists from Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad, Uganda, Sierra Leone and South Africa visit YDF partner Lesedi la Batho, a community centre whose Tswana name means ‘light to the people’, in Mabopane.
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YDF Manual for HIV Prevention through Football launched and published!

Port Elizabeth, 11 October 2011. After piloting the ‘YDF Manual for HIV Prevention’ earlier this year, YDF trained the first group of 15 YDF instructors from 9 to 11 October on how to integrate education sessions on HIV prevention into football exercises.
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First YDF Workshop for Instructors on Violence Prevention

Pretoria, 28 September 2011. The period between 26 and 29 September saw the first group of YDF instructors trained on violence prevention in Johannesburg through the Youth Development through Football (YDF) project. The ‘YDF Manual for Violence Prevention’, published in April 2011 as the first short module based on the YDF Toolkit, forms a crucial pillar in the future of German-South African cooperation for youth development. YDF has been called upon to play a vital role in this for its sister project, the Youth Development against Violence through Sport (YDVS).our description here.
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Youth Development through Football hosts European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs

Mamelodi, 14 September 2011. While in the country to attend the EU–South Africa summit on 15 September in the Kruger Park, and after signing a 100-million-Euros support agreement with the South African Department of Health, European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs visited a YDF event hosted at Mahlasedi Masana Primary School in Mamelodi.
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Football for the Soul (by Zacharia Nale, Vaal Weekly)

Orange Farm, 08 September 2011. Dona’s Mates hosted another successful Youth Development through Football Coaches workshop at Tshepana Primary School from 6 September to 8 September 2011. Twenty eight coaches from across Gauteng Province attended the workshop. 
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SAHSS takes part in 2011 Homeless World Cup in Paris

Paris, 28 August 2011. After months of hard work, the 2011 Homeless World Cup is finally, and successfully, in the books. The much-anticipated 2011 Homeless World Cup was held in Paris from 21-28 August. South Africa put together a solid showing at the tournament, winning 6 of their 12 games en route to a 4th place finish in the City Cup.
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YDF Manual for Violence Prevention: available for download

Pretoria, 16 August 2011. The recently published ‘YDF Manual for Violence Prevention’ can now be downloaded from the website section Tools we offer. Although the foundation module – the ‘YDF Manual for Coaches’ – does include an initial introduction to the complex topic of violence prevention, the ‘YDF Manual for Violence Prevention’ takes the topic further by building on the different forms of action that are possible and elaborating in detail on tips for taking action. It is the first in a series of short modules which focus on approaching specific challenges by using football.
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YDF Manual for Coaches: available for download

Pretoria, 27 July 2011. The second edition of the ‘YDF Manual for Coaches’ is now available for download on the project website (www.za-ydf.org). Additionally to minor changes that have been made, this edition offers an entirely new chapter containing methodical series on important football skills. As YDF is aiming at a large scale dissemination of its tools, the possibility to download the manual will further strengthen the approach of the project. The ‘YDF Manual for Coaches’ that was republished in March 2011 can be downloaded on the website section Tools we offer.
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Manual for HIV Prevention piloted

Port Elizabeth, 26 July 2011. The Youth Development through Football (YDF) project took another step towards the expansion of its pool of short modules by holding a pilot workshop on the new ‘YDF Manual for HIV Prevention’ in Port Elizabeth from 10 to 13 July.
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