WE TRANSFORM LIVES THROUGH
PLAY
WHY SPORT AND PLAY Play is not a luxury; it helps teach important life lessons and provides a retreat from everyday hardships. HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE Right To Play is a global organization that uses the transformative power of play to educate and empower children facing adversity.
1 Million children in regular weekly sport and play activities
50%
of children in our programs are girls
We use sport and play to help children, youth and their communities to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict and disease by engaging girls, persons with disabilities, children affected by HIV/AIDS, street children, former child combatants and refugees. WHERE WE WORK NORTH AMERICA Canada USA AFRICA Benin Burundi Ethiopia Ghana Liberia Mali Mozambique Rwanda South Sudan Tanzania Uganda Kenya
EUROPE Norway
WHAT WE DO. WE EDUCATE. ASIA China Pakistan Thailand
We Help Children Learn by improving academic performance using games as a tool for education, fostering physical, cognitive and social development. We Promote Health by encouraging physical fitness, mobilizing communities around national health issues, and educating about disease prevention priorities including HIV/AIDS, malaria and immunization.
LATIN AMERICA Peru Bolivia Colombia Panama
MIDDLE EAST Jordan Lebanon Palestine
• Regular Programs • Training and technical assistance programs
We Build Peace by teaching conflict resolution and peace building skills, while helping heal children and communities affected by war. We Develop Communities by engaging local staff and volunteers and partnering with local organizations to build infrastructure.
WHO IS IN OUR TEAM Our programs are facilitated by more than 600 international staff and 13,500 volunteer Coaches. Coaches are local leaders and teachers who are trained in our specially designed programs. They implement the activities based on the needs of their communities. We also encourage leadership at all ages by providing youth with such opportunities. IN COOPERATION Working with international, national and local partners (UNICEF, UNHCR et al.), funders and local communities, Right To Play designs every program to meet identified community needs.
ATHLETE AMBASSADORS In addition to our staff and Coaches, we are supported by a global network of professional and Olympic athletes from more than 40 countries, such as Dario Cologna, Frank Lampard, Viktor RĂśthlin, Bernhard Russi or Aksel Lund Svindal. As role models, these athletes inspire children and lend their voice to the cause.
GEPA pictures
Marco BĂźchel Ambassador
Simon Niggli-Luder Ambassador
OUR HISTORY Right To Play International was founded in 2000 by Johann Olav Koss, a social entrepreneur and four-time Olympic gold medalist in speed skating.
WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE When Children Play, The World Wins.
84%
82%
of children reported regularly washing hands after the latrine vs. 59% of children not in our programs*
Health & Hygiene *Results from Uganda Right To Play Evaluation in 2011
of children reported sleeping under a mosquito net vs. 10% national average provided by UNICEF*
92%
of children knew ways of preventing HIV from sexual transmission vs. 50% of children not in our programs*
95%
of classrooms used active learning (activities and discussion to engage children in learning) vs. 55% of non-Right To Play classrooms**
93%
of children reported that they believe they could make change vs. 68% of children not in our programs*
87%
of children would not take revenge when faced with a case of peerinitiated conflict. Results from Liberia, Benin, Mali and Ghana
Education & Conflict Resolution *Results from Uganda Right To Play Evaluation in 2011 **Results from Thailand Evaluation in 2008
Right To Play Switzerland • Seefeldstrasse 162 • CH-8008 Zürich • P +41 (0)44 552 04 88 info@righttoplay.ch • www.righttoplay.ch/com • IBAN: CH92 0877 9001 3544 7602 4