Mentorship, Education, and Sport
 

Vision: Change the life of a child, so they can change the world, for a lifetime! Help them make a better world for those around them.

Mission: We offer guidance and mentorship through education and soccer/sport. Helping one child at a time.

Purpose: If we can change one child’s life, they can change a community. That community can change a region! We facilitate communication for student athletes and University and college coaches, academies, clubs, and schools. 

Education and Sport

Our primary goal is to ensure that children are kept in school long enough to learn to read and write. To encourage them to advance far enough through high school to give themselves a shot at a tertiary education or help with job applications. Armed with an education the child will eventually have more hope for a career and better future! Lastly, a solid personal foundational grounded in a faith base is a rock to stand on.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela

 

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” - Ben Franklin

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…. Their Stories ..

MPUMELELO MATUTU

- See Palm Beach Atlantic University Bio

PERSONAL
Born April 30th, 1990. Transferred to PBAU from Winthrop University... Majoring in Accounting.. His career aspirations are to be a business and property owner predominately in southern Africa and to serve in ministry. Chose PBA because it is an ideal school that combines a Christian atmosphere with an outstanding athletics record. Favorite verse is Romans 12:2. Favorite team is: AC Milan. Favorite athlete is Ramires Santos do Nascimento.. Son of Silibaziso and Friday Matutu. Has two siblings: Edwin and Reward.

2014 (Senior)
Closed out his three-year career with the Sailfish as a reserve off the bench and team leader... Appeared in 18 matches while making five starts on the season and compiling 624 minutes of field time... Scored one goal and added in one assist for a total of three points on the season... Scored a goal at Florida Southern College on Sept. 27, 2014... Played a season-high of 78 minutes at the University of Tampa on Oct. 3, 2014

 

Azriel Johnson - Click to Watch

The son of Zimbabwe national player Alan Johnson, representing Malawi as an international player at u16, he grew up in Zimbabwe. Travelling to USA, he joined Cedar Academy and St Benedict Prep at 17 years old. He was selected by St Benedict's Prep, Newark NJ for the 2017 season. They are now the # 1 school in the USA - National Champions. He won the U17 Dallas Cup and went to the finals in 2018. Azriel and SBP won the National Championship High School for record 6 titles in 8 years. We wish him all the best for a future football career. He was recruited to Salt Lake City Community College, and then Division 1 NCAA, at CSUN (California State University, Northridge).

  • St. Benedict's, ranked No. 1 in the country by Top Drawer Soccer and in the USA Today/United Soccer Coaches Super 25 rankings, finishes the season with an 18-0 record, outscoring the opposition 109-4. St. Benedict's has won 37 games in a row. It marks the second consecutive season where the Gray Bees finish the year undefeated, untied and ranked No. 1 in the country. St. Benedict's has won six national titles in eight years (Source: HighSchoolSportNj )

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Fortune Ace Sibanda

started in High School in Roanoke, Virginia, he along with Ezra and Jonty and Ziggie all came over for high school early on, and after high school pursued college degrees. He returned to train and play with Highlanders in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Watch these incredible highlights from 2015 as Fortune continued his University career - Roanoke University

High School Scholarships:

  • We assist with children wanting to graduate from high school -

  • Working with AJ Academy. Maningi Youth Academy and Chiedza Child Care Center we review grant letters and requests for assistance with high school scholarships

College and University Student-Athlete Stories and Journey:

University and Clubs:

We are creating a network that bridges relationships of talented young athletes from Southern Africa with high schools, colleges and clubs in the USA, and clubs in Europe.

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Need someone to talk to?

Are you homesick? Have you immigrated or relocated and need some advice? We have a trained counselor to help.

How to meet our counselor:


It will all start with a Kick Off Call.

  1. Simply setup an appointment for 30mins-1 hour with Linda.

  2. Mrs Linda Lemming will review basic information of where you live now, when did you come over and what’s your biggest fears and concerns? Is it HomeSickness? Is it living expenses and costs? Is it culture and you just miss hearing that warm loving voice from home?

  3. Setup a follow up call and schedule frequent meetings to stay connected with a fellow countryman/countrywoman.

  4. LinkedIn Profile of our trained counselor.

Send Linda an email today to get started: