Sexual Health through Football Coaching
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As we reflect on the Football Marathons of 2019 we congratulate three first time winners, witness the highest EVER total raised by one team which also helped us record our highest ever total for the same event, we also pine over the physios and can say Clinton Morrison hasn’t lost his touch! Whether you are […]
Perhaps the finest evening of the summer in Lancaster brought 8 teams together to fight for bragging rights in the inaugural Lancashire Corporate Football Tournament – sponsored by Digitap and The Golden Lion. Firstly a big Thank You to the University of Lancaster who let us play on their luxurious pitches for the evening. The […]
Huge news from one of our great partners and funders, Common Goal, who announced yesterday evening their latest signing was none other than Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp! Currently sitting top of the Premier League, and being named FIFA Men’s Coach of the Year, Klopp is also leading the way with his philanthropy by pledging 1% […]
Does 90-90-90 mean anything to you? If yes, you’re probably working in the HIV and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights sector. 90-90-90 refers to the ambitious global 2020 UNAIDS Fast Track targets for HIV. 90% of all people living with HIV should know their status, 90% of those should be following HIV treatment programmes, and […]
Today we’re celebrating being part of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s African effort towards reducing and eventually eliminating HIV. CDC, through a range of Southern and East African programmes, are nearing a milestone of 10 million Voluntary Medical Male Circumcisions, a procedure proven to reduce the risk of female-to-male transmission of HIV […]
Today we celebrate the tenth annual World Sexual Health Day, an awareness day managed by the World Association for Sexual Health, a global advocacy organisation committed to promoting best practices in sexual health. At TackleAfrica we take sexual health very seriously, as you can imagine! Last week we were thrilled to be able to bring […]
Our programme in Hoima, Uganda, led by the fantastic team at HONECRIC and funded by Laureus Sport For Good recognises that headteachers of the schools where we work have a hugely important role to play in getting our messages out to students. For this reason, HONECRIC called forty headteachers and two district representatives together for […]
Fondation Chanel is one of our biggest supporters, funding multi-year programmes in Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso, where women are at high risk of teenage and early pregnancy, and Female Genital Mutilation. On those programmes, we are training football coaches to pass on health messages to their players, using our interactive and innovative football curriculum. […]
Coach Aciatu James comes from Kalinga Village in Mangochi, Malawi, and is one of 20 coaches on our “Levelling The Field” programme with partner YONECO. Aciatu spoke to us about the changes she’s seen in the young people on her programme, and why using sport is a great way to reach young people in Mangochi. […]
Over the past financial year, our programmes have continued to expand into new countries, and tackle new HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights issues. This handy infographic gives an overview of the incredible work our coaches are doing across 11 countries. 610 coaches, teachers and peer leaders were trained to deliver sessions using […]
