Hi everyone,
Please help this new charity that uses soccer games to educate teachers/volunteers and children in developing countries about making healthy life choices. Coaches Across Continents!

We are looking to expand our charity section so let’s start off strong!

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Coaches Across Continents Fundraising for Developing Countries: Please help this new charity that uses soccer games to educate teachers/volunteers and children in developing countries about making healthy life choices.

You can find more information on the organization at their website. Here is an excerpt from the Coaches Across Continents about page:

Coaches Across Continents is a global leader in the sport for social impact movement. We partner with local organizations to implement our award-winning ‘Hat-Trick Initiative’ that focuses on local social issues such as: female empowerment, including gender equity; conflict resolution, including social inclusion; health and wellness, including HIV behavior change; and other life skills. Our key to success is a unique self-directed learning model that is based on our ‘Chance to Choice’ curriculum. In 2013, we worked in 20 countries with 51 implementing community partner programs. Overall, we educated 2,152 community coaches who impacted a further 171,785 young people.

Drawing on more than 18 years in the soccer coaching and business world, Coaches Across Continents founder Nick Gates has developed a unique soccer for social impact curriculum aimed at training experienced coaches to assist developing communities and help young people become modern leaders. He launched the organization as a non-profit in 2008 and its success and impact has grown with every passing year.

Growing up in the UK, Nick played soccer for England Youth International, then went on to play and study at Harvard University. After graduating he founded Play Soccer, a soccer coaching company in New England; over the next years he developed a Play Soccer camp, a Soccer as Education curriculum, and a Girls Play Soccer camp, bringing in professional coaches and working with Womens’ World Cup USA. By 2005, Play Soccer had worked with more than a million children and 9,000 local coaches.

Contact info for Coaches Across Continents:

USA Office

Coaches across Continents
35 Myrtle Street
Watertown, MA 02472
USA

UK Office

Coaches across Continents
69 New Road Wingerworth,
Chesterfield Derbys S42 6UJ
England