WhizzKids United
This project's parent organization is The Africaid Trust
It operates in South Africa
It uses Football (Soccer)
Entered the Sport for Health Award
More about WhizzKids United
WhizzKids United provides comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to adolescents in the township of Edendale in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A key feature of Whizzkids United programmes is that it uses soccer as a language and a medium to promote adolescents’ health through life skills training, peer education and a mixed-gender soccer league.
Long term support is provided through youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS services at the WKU Health Academy. Edendale has the highest incidence of HIV infection amongst youth anywhere in the world. WKU has carefully crafted a holistic model of HIV prevention, care and treatment which can be implemented globally and