Where did you follow the excitement of The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil this month? Six lucky kids from Edendale had the chance to travel to Rio de Janeiro to experience it LIVE at the 2014 Football for Hope Festival!
WhizzKids United has been a part of FIFA’s Football for Hope movement for many years and 2014 has been an eventful year in our journey together.
WhizzKids United is offering kids from the Pietermaritzburg area a unique once in a lifetime opportunity to attend the 2014 Football for Hope Festival (FFHF) in Brazil.
WhizzKids United are encouraging kids between the ages of 15-18, with a South African Identity Document to apply for the upcoming 2014 Football for Hope Festival.
Earlier this year, WhizzKids United and Oxfam partnered together in an effort to compile a report which aimed at describing the social aspects of the work done by WhizzKids United. The report outlined the many ways in which adolescent clients, staff and volunteers relate to each other at the WKU Health Academy.
The Japanese Embassy has generously sponsored a mini bus and a mobile clinic trailer to the WhizzKids United Health Academy.
WhizzKids United is delighted to be a benefactor of the Japanese Embassy’s effort of reaching out to the South African community.
The Durban University of Technology (DUT) recently partnered with WhizzKids United (WKU) during a seven-a-side indoor football tournament organized by the 2nd year Sports Management students.
In an open press released directed to the media and the public, the students expressed their desired objective in pursuit of establishing a partnership with WKU.
South African born Hollywood Actress and United Nations Messenger of Peace, Charlize Theron, praised WhizzKids United for their continuous dedication in the fight against HIV/AIDS during her visit to WhizzKids United.
WhizzKids United recently hosted a collaboration colloquium with local NGOs as well as the Departments of Health and Education at the WhizzKids United Health Academy. The event was initiated by a driven partnership between the Sport for Social Change Network (SSCN) of Southern Africa and various stakeholders.
The early stages of construction of the Football for Hope Centre at the WhizzKids United Health Academy are underway, an infrastructure legacy left behind by the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA’s brainchild, the Football for Hope Centre initiative, awarded to 20 African countries, including 5 to South Africa is now seeing the early stages of construction developments from one its partnering organizations, WKU Health Academy.
