David Beckham visits South Africa

David Beckham greets a group of excited and awe-struck children involved with the 'Coaching For Hope' project at Ikhusi Primary School in the Khayelitsha township outside of Cape Town Photograph: Mark Wessels/guardian.co.uk

Before getting involved in some coaching at the project Photograph: guardian.co.uk

then demonstrating some his his skills, with his head.. Photograph: Mark Wessels/guardian.co.uk

...and his feet Photograph: Mark Wessels/guardian.co.uk

Local residents who aren't part of the project get to have a chat with and take photos of the England star Photograph: Gallo Images/guardian.co.uk

After receiving his gift of a makarapa (a decorated miners' helmet unique to South African football), he gets one of project's staff to try it on for size Photograph: Mark Wessels/guardian.co.uk

Everyone enjoyed Beckham's visit. 'Coaching For Hope' is an initiative that strives to empower communities by using the power of football to build a better future Photograph: Mark Wessels/guardian.co.uk

Following the visit to Khayelitsha, Beckham visited a clinic in Cape Town in his role as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham where he met three-year-old Sesiphi, and his mother, Tamara, who is living with HIV. Beckham was there highlight the progress that has been made around the world preventing mother to child transmission of HIV. During the visit he met and talked to young pregnant women and new mums who are living with HIV and learnt how the UNICEF supported Mothers to Mothers' (M2M) programme which provides HIV positive pregnant women and new mums with vital education and support that helps to prevent them passing HIV to their unborn babies. Sesiphi was born free from HIV thanks to the treatment that was provided to his mother at the UNICEF supported Mothers2Mothers centre Photograph: Per-Anders Pettersson/UNICEF/guardian.co.uk