Swaziland Kids Rugby Mission
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The Swaziland Kids Rugby Mission (SKRUM) was founded by Michael Collinson from Yorkshire in 2008 as a nonprofit organization that uses the game of rugby to engage children and teach them about sex awareness and education to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS. Michael Collinson, a former rugby player and coach, was paralyzed in a car accident in 2002. After battling years of depression, he realized just how much HIV/AIDS was affecting the local population and founded SKRUM to use rugby as a teaching tool against HIV/AIDS. Since its founding, SKRUM has visited 650 of the 817 schools in Eswatini and it reaches 12,000 youth each year through school and community outreach efforts.
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