25 June,2011 08:12 AM IST | | Agencies
US First Lady Michelle Obama showed her soccer moves to children at the Cape Town Stadium yesterday. The First Lady's focus on her trip to South Africa is on youth leadership, education, health and wellness. Obama spent the day in Cape Town continuing her commitment to engaging young people, supporting educational opportunities and promoting youth mentoring.
Work out: US First Lady Michelle Obama breaks out in a sweat while
dribbling a ball at a Cape Town Stadium. pic/AFP
She met organisations who use soccer as a means to educate South African children about HIV/Aids. An estimated 70 children from the city were invited to participate from Grassroots Soccer, LoveLife Games, CTC Ten Foundation and Amandla Edufootball. Obama told the children that the solution to the issue lay with them and that they could stop HIV/Aids with better information.
"You have to have the knowledge and the internal wisdom to make sure you are taking care of yourself and that you are making good choices so that you're healthy and grow up strong," Obama said. Obama also met Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.u00a0"Archbishop Tutu has been playing such a significant role with the work that he has done through his foundation, around HIV/Aids education, raising awareness, bringing the world's attention to how important it is to work on this issue in this country," Obama said.
