The foundation has been registered with Social Development since 2011 under registration number 095-196- NPO. Our Tax-exempt number is 930 069641.
The foundation consists of three bearers, James Edward Maguire, Haralampos Milionas and Maria Athanassouli. Both Maguire and Milionas have passed a resolution permitting Ms Athanassouli to apply for funding in her capacity as chairperson.
Mr Maguire is a security consultant that has worked locally and abroad as a security consultant for high level individuals and corporations for the past 30 years.
Mr Milionas is a shipping agent, and part owner of Mul–T–Haul Pty Ltd. He has been in business for 25 years.
Ms Athanassouli worked in banking for 15 years before deciding to take an offer from an International company to work in various African countries as Director of Procurement.
Vision
Our vision is to extend our development programs into the townships and government schools. Presently we have development initiatives in Alex for young boys, Vosloorus for young girls, and Tembisa for young girls and boys.
Our focus is on empowering women through soccer, where they can use their experience and abilities to further their professions. It is essential for these ladies to have the surety that they can follow a career in sport and earn enough to assist their families financially.
Ideally, we would like to start an academy at Northview High School where our unemployed ladies could coach and pass on their experience to the younger generation of players.
Mission
Our mission is to partner with various overseas women’s teams, where we can send two to three players each year for the experience. By doing this our players will have a greater chance at getting spotted and will hopefully get signed up a professional team.
We are also hoping for more of our ladies to receive scholarships to Universities. The scope for players becomes immense and they are able to get more coverage. At University they have the chance to play for USSA, to travel to a foreign country if selected, and to participate in the Varsity Cup.
Our girls can study Sport Management, Sport Coaching, Sport Science and simultaneously do their coaching certificate license from SAFA. These students will then be able to be employed by schools, Colleges, Universities, or gyms and could even start their own academies.
Objective
Our objective is to increase the intake of women soccer players and to boost our development projects for children, both in sport and education. We would like to acquire our own grounds where women and children from different ethnic backgrounds and ages can participate and direct their energies into sport. Our hope is to change the mindset regarding women’s soccer in South Africa. Here, discrimination still prevails in the leagues, with preference currently directed towards men’s soccer economically, in the media, and through sponsorship.