Free the Youth

Project overview

South African football legend John Moeti and his wife Tshidi are the inspiration behind Free the Youth, in Zevenfontein. Many inhabitants of the area have migrated from the country to the town in search of employment only to find themselves in a virtual prison of poverty, crime and HIV/AIDS.

The project combines life skills and sport as a tool to educate and encourage the youngsters, aged 12 – 15, teaching sex education, public speaking, how to handle peer pressure, as well as encouraging healthy living.