Find the Ball

Find the ball, one of the first games in the Grassroot Soccer curriculum, was designed to address misconceptions and stigmas surrounding HIV/AIDS. The game is played by splitting the children into two teams lined up facing each other. A tennis ball marked HIV/AIDS is passed behind the backs of each team. The children then take turns guessing who has the ball.

The key message in Find the Ball is you cannot tell if someone has HIV/AIDS by looking at him or her the only way for someone to know his or her status is to go for testing.

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The roommats and I have been very busy. I am working on the QAC, Quarterly Annual Cummulative. The QAC will help acess our progress in the shcools and how we plan to reach our 1,000,000 kids by 2010 Soccer World Cup South Africa. Lauren is working on a VCT, voluntary councselling and testing event. The VCT event will have free testing, 3 Grassroot Soccer games, music, and a soccer tournament. The tournament was scheduled November 17 but we were recently informed that testing cannot be given on Saturdays. It is hard for me to believe there is a rule restricting people the right to recieve free testing on Saturdays but we are looking into it. If this is truly a law then I think the roommates and I will have another project on our hands. :)