Excited for the World Cup? So is Grassroots Soccer.

Grassroots Soccer - Using the power of soccer in the fight against AIDS by providing African youth the knowledge, skills + support to live HIV free.

The founders of Grassroots Soccer were professional soccer players who knew that they could use soccer as a way to spread education about HIV to African youth. Now they're using the first World Cup ever held in Africa to reach their roots deeper and spread their branches wider than ever.

At OneTribe.com, we've created tees that support Grassroots soccer, and we've used the spirit of growth in the designs. By planting the seeds of peer education (program graduates educate their friends about HIV), Grassroots Soccer is cultivating a generation that's geared to overcome the AIDS crisis. Furthermore, the depiction of life and growth on these shirts is in direct opposition to the death and destruction caused by HIV/AIDS.

The women’s tee uses the seed metaphor literally, showing new growth and even a few soccer ball-seeds rolling away, ready to form new sprouts.

The men's tee features a soccer coach giving the red penalty card to AIDS. The soccer ball at his feet contains the continent of Africa, and behind him is a tribal African textile design.

Show your support and get your shirt in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa by visiting OneTribe.com. Remember: 50% of each purchase goes directly to support Grassroots Soccer.

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PeaceJam hosts Nobel Laureate José Ramos-Horta

At OneTribe.com, we like to spotlight some of the incredible ways that the organizations we support are making our world better. PeaceJam recently held a conference with José Ramos-Horta as its guest of honor – a Nobel Laureate whose young roots in peacemaking make him an ideal role model for the youth at PeaceJam.

At age 18, José Ramos-Horta was exiled from his home country of East Timor for questioning governmental policies around the poverty he saw. Repeatedly voicing opposition to Portugese militaristic rule, José was soon a young revolutionary. At 25 years old, he was the youngest person to address the United Nations, pleading for Timorese independence.

Now a Nobel Laureate and the President of his home country (no longer under Portuguese rule), José has been a champion for ending economic oppression worldwide. “Just remember that violence leads you nowhere. We have to learn not to be violent if we want to have power. Compassion, generosity, humility, tolerance are real power.”

At the PeaceJam conference on May 24-25, 2010, youth from all over Colorado participated in workshops, service projects, and even spoke out in poetry slams.

For one of their service projects, youth worked with Groundwork Denver, an organization that partners with local low-income neighborhoods to improve their physical environments. PeaceJam volunteers replaced hundreds of front porch lights with sustainable compact fluorescent light bulbs.

You can support PeaceJam’s local and international call to action by purchasing an eco-friendly t-shirt at OneTribe.com. As always, 50% of your purchase goes directly to PeaceJam’s efforts.

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