Street Soccer Court

"When I was trying to quit smoking," Lukes told me, "I would come out here and play 'till I was tired. Then I could shower and go to bed."

Oasis street soccer court.

Oasis street soccer court.

Parkwood Township, Western Cape, South Africa

Parkwood Township, Western Cape, South Africa

Parkwood Township, Western Cape, South Africa

Parkwood Township, Western Cape South Africa.

Lezarndre Jeftha addresses youth in Parkwood Township during a provincial tournament. Part of Oasis's LIFE program. (Local, Intergrade, Football, Education)

A schoolboy reading his book at the tournament in Parkwood, providing an interesting contradiction to the high school dropouts competing in front of him.

Guys kick around at halftime of the Provincial Tournament in Parkwood

Parkwood Township, Western Cape, South Africa

The field outside of Perivale Elementary school.

Teams practice at Perivale Primary, coached by older youth in the community.

Tires litter the field outside Perivale Primary. Lacking adequate funding tires are used for goals, or rolled around for entertainment.

Teams scrimmaging at Perivale Primary.

Youth from the older teams getting some fitness training.

Endlessly excited by the camera, the kids from the younger team at Perivale weren't afraid to pose.

The group crowds around Lukes as he tries to organize and discuss the upcoming weeks.

Mostly driven by Mr. G., this truck makes endless trips throughout the day making sure details are worked out, and kids arrive at their practices.

Heading to the Perivale clinic, we picked up the team for practice. Over ten of them squeezed into the back of the Oasis pickup.

Sunset over the Table Mountain range from the Oasis life skills retreat in Straandfontein, Western Cape, South Africa.

Cliffy addresses the team that arrived from across the province to compete in Western Province Homeless Street Soccer Finals.

Lezarndre Jeftha addresses the youth at the retreat during one of the life skills sessions.

Youth at the Homeless Street Soccer Finals, at the waterfront in Cape Town. Over 90 kids from around the province were involved in this tournament.

The team from Knysna, runners up at the Homeless Street Soccer Finals.