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Build our Boyz Foundation works to keep boys in school

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Genevieve Ally started Build our Boyz Foundation in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg. Here she explains how the organisation, through activities like soccer, helps boys in this tough neighbourhood, stay in school.

You can connect with Build our Boyz via their Facebook page.

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