The JL Zwane Football Club
+ Numbers: 3 teams, 50 players, ages 11-25.
+ Mission: Use soccer to promote HIV/AIDS awareness, leadership skills, character development, and higher education.
+ Leadership: Coaches are trained as mentors, community leaders, and positive role models.
+ Dreams: Expand the club to create more youth teams. Mobilize the Gugulethu community. Get as many players in college as possible.
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Iintombi Zilapha (The Girls Are Here!)
+ Numbers: 1 team, 10 Dancers, ages 14-22
+ Mission: Incorporate traditional African dance, singing, and poetry to inspire girls to find alternatives to teen pregnancy, drug addiction, and HIV/AIDS.
+ Leadership: Community based leadership structure under one core leader.
+ Dreams: Every dancer to attend college. New instruments and costumes. South African national dance tour.
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about Iintombi Zilapha
What's the link between Youth Empowerment & Education? Senior students from JL Zwane FC and Iintombi Zilapha who display high academic ambition are the likely candidates for college scholarships through These Numbers Have Faces. Learn more about education in South Africa, meet our students, and see how we are impacting the lives of JL Zwane FC and Iintombi Zilapha participants. |