Sports as a Catalyst for Social Change

Sports as a Catalyst for Social Change

Grootbos Foundation

Sports as a Catalyst for Social Change

This week, Natasha Bredekamp programme manager for sports development at Grootbos Foundation, facilitated a session at the CAF conference at the University of Cape Town. Here she is pictured with Prof Latif Alhassan (left) and Dr Kamilla Swart-Arries (middle). The focus was on how sports, in particular football, can be a driver of social change.

Second Edition of the CAF Football Executive Management Programme currently underway at the University of Cape Town https://www.cafonline.com/inside-caf/news/second-edition-of-the-caf-football-executive-management-programme-currently-underway-at-the-university-of-cape-town/

Sports as a Catalyst for Social Change

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