SPORT AND PLAY HAVE THE POWER
TO CHANGE EVERY CHILD’S LIFE
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Imagine Imagine if you’d never had the chance to play sports or games growing up. Imagine no soccer, hockey or basketball or even hopscotch or games of tag. Imagine how different your life would have been and what a different person you might be. What could be more simple than the joy of playing? Yet there’s nothing trivial about it. In communities affected by war, poverty and disease, Right To Play helps the world’s most marginalized children build critical life skills through the transformative power of sport and play. We give children a chance to become constructive participants in society, regardless of gender, disability, ethnicity, social background or religion. A leader in Sport for Development since 2000, Right To Play reaches more than 700,000 children through regular sport and play-based activities every week.
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At a Glance RIGHT TO PLAY VISION To create a healthier and safer world through the power of sport and play.
> Right To Play reaches 700,000 children in regular weekly activity by the end of 2010. > Activities are lead by nearly 13,000 local coaches, leaders and teachers. > More than 300 Athlete Ambassadors representing 40 countries support Right To Play worldwide. > Right To Play operates 40 projects in 20 countries across four continents. > Right To Play offers 20 program resources with more under development.
Field Projects: Benin, Botswana, Burundi, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza), Peru, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand and Uganda Regional Offices: Ghana, Lebanon, Thailand, Uganda National Offices: Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States Headquarters:
> 15 Government Departments and UN Agencies support Right To Play.
Canada
0.4% 1.3% 2009 Funding Sources 50.8%
32.5% 15%
Government Organizations Foundations Individuals and Corporations Others Donations-In-Kind
7% 11%
Breakdown of Expenditures
Right To Play’s Sport Specific resources that focus on football, basketball and volleyball create a positive environment in which participants focus on fair play and team work while building confidence and self-esteem.
Programs and Global Education Fundraising 82%
> Right To Play’s
> More than 50 percent
Administration
> Right To Play partners with
programming promotes
of program leaders
organizations to get females
gender sensitivity
are women.
off the streets and reduce their
RIGHT TO PLAY FOSTERS THE HOPE AND SKILLS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO ENVISIONING AND REALIZING A BETTER FUTURE. LEARN MORE AT
risk of exposure to unsafe and
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and equity.
unhealthy situations.
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Laughter & Life Skills Right To Play uses sport and play-based programs that teach children critical life skills in a way they love. Guided by two key principles – inclusion and sustainability – our programs encourage long-term behaviour change in four critical areas of development:
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Basic Education and Child Development
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Right To Play’s sport and play programs
The universal appeal of play makes it an
are founded on a unique understanding of
ideal vehicle through which to educate
social learning theory. We recognize that,
and empower communities in their fight
in order to meet the development needs
against disease. At Right To Play, we
of children, our programs must be holistic
promote a life-long, holistic approach to
and actively foster healthy physical,
one’s health and truly believe that sport
cognitive, social and emotional growth.
and play can benefit the well-being of
Right
critical
children, not only by preventing or
behaviour change through fun and joyful
delaying the onset of non-communicable
experiences that provide children with the
diseases, but also by improving children’s
chance to collaborate with their peers,
mental, emotional and psycho-social
receive
health.
To
Play
praise,
encourages
increase
self-esteem,
build self-confidence and work together towards their common goals.
> Of the 33.3 million
> 95 percent of Rwandan
> 93 percent correctly
people thought to be
youth who participated in
identified “protected sex”
living with AIDS globally,
Right To Play programs
as using a condom correctly
22.5 million are living in
knew that most people get
all the time.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
infected with HIV through unprotected sex.
PLAY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AS A RIGHT OF EVERY CHILD. LEARN MORE AT
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Conflict Resolution and Peace Building
Community Development and Participation
By involving some of the world’s most
At Right To Play, the sustainability of
vulnerable children and youth in regular
programming is paramount. We work hard
sport and play activities, Right To Play
to
programs are helping to fill a void often
community’s existing structure, and take
left by physical, social and mental strife.
extra effort to ensure that all activities are
By playing sports together, children from
relevant to local needs. The careful
opposing groups grow and come to realize
selection and training of community
that they are more alike than they are
members to implement programs, means
different.
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Though
sport
alone
can’t
embed
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our
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programs
is
within
building
a
local
prevent conflict or create peace, with
accountability and helping to develop a
their emphasis on the best values of
generation of positive role models. By
sport, such as fair play, team work and
fostering this cross-generational exchange
mutual respect for each other and the
between children, youth and adults, local
agreed
Play
Right To Play leaders are helping to build
programs help reduce the likelihood of
the community spirit and citizenship that,
violence and delinquent behaviour, and
over time, will equip individuals and the
can ultimately contribute to broader
community with the necessary skills and
peace-building efforts.
resources needed to face and resolve
upon
rules,
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To
socio-economic challenges.
HUMAN KNOT, AGES 6+ The goal of Human Knot is to help children
8 to 10 children then group themselves in
develop the skills to work together in teams
a circle. Each player reaches into the
to negotiate solutions. At the beginning of
centre of the circle to firmly hold hands
the game, a knotted string is displayed to the
with 2 different players. Without letting go,
children and the question is aked “How is a
players must work together to untangle
problem like a knot?” Children can be
themselves and form a circle. Human Knot
prompted with answers such as “sometimes
uses the Reflect-Connect-Apply methodology:
you can’t see where it begins” and “it’s hard
children get a chance to reflect on the
to know how to untangle it.”
lesson at hand, connect their learning to real-life
situations
and
apply
knowledge to everyday experiences.
their
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Learning to Change The ultimate goal of Right To Play programming is to foster behaviour change, a complex process that involves acquiring the skills to adopt and maintain behaviours and attitudes such as self-esteem, resistance to peer pressure, the ability to problem-solve and a capacity for communication.
“ We used to quarrel with our brothers from the other side of the village. We didn't play together, we didn't get along. We pushed our colleagues
to fight against those on the other side. We no more do that, because we understand that conflicting situations are not good for children.
”
We should rather accept each other and live together as one. Abena*, Keleya, Mali
“ After participating in this Right To Play program, I am no longer shy about my health condition. Before it was a secret that I wanted nobody
to know about, but now I see myself as normal for the first time and I am
”
comfortable with who I am.
Rasha*, 16-year-old girl living with
diabetes, Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza) *The names of children have been changed to protect their identity.
> For too many, conflict is a reality of early
> In Gaza, Right To Play expanded
childhood. The wounds inflicted affect
the focus of its programs to
all aspects of a child’s development and
emphasize conflict resolution,
WE ENGAGE KEY DECISION MAKERS TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD BENEFITS FROM THE POSITIVE POWER OF SPORT AND PLAY. LEARN MORE AT
can take a lifetime to heal.
understanding that today’s conflicts
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will be solved by tomorrow’s leaders.
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Learning to Change The ultimate goal of Right To Play programming is to foster behaviour change, a complex process that involves acquiring the skills to adopt and maintain behaviours and attitudes such as self-esteem, resistance to peer pressure, the ability to problem-solve and a capacity for communication.
“ We used to quarrel with our brothers from the other side of the village. We didn't play together, we didn't get along. We pushed our colleagues
to fight against those on the other side. We no more do that, because we understand that conflicting situations are not good for children.
”
We should rather accept each other and live together as one. Abena*, Keleya, Mali
“ After participating in this Right To Play program, I am no longer shy about my health condition. Before it was a secret that I wanted nobody
to know about, but now I see myself as normal for the first time and I am
”
comfortable with who I am.
Rasha*, 16-year-old girl living with
diabetes, Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza) *The names of children have been changed to protect their identity.
> For too many, conflict is a reality of early
> In Gaza, Right To Play expanded
childhood. The wounds inflicted affect
the focus of its programs to
all aspects of a child’s development and
emphasize conflict resolution,
WE ENGAGE KEY DECISION MAKERS TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD BENEFITS FROM THE POSITIVE POWER OF SPORT AND PLAY. LEARN MORE AT
can take a lifetime to heal.
understanding that today’s conflicts
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will be solved by tomorrow’s leaders.
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Lead the Way with Play We know that self-confidence, self-esteem, respect for oneself and others, and overcoming adversity are some of the many critical elements in a child’s development that must be fostered in order to create a safer, healthier and more peaceful society for all.
With your support, Right To Play will continue to build on the extraordinary results of the past 10 years. Help us to ensure that children around the world have access to sport and play-based activities that help them to recapture their childhoods, protect themselves from deadly diseases, and become role models for other children.
> Children who participate in Right To Play
> More than 50 percent of participants in
programs are 15 percent more confident
Benin, Mali and Ghana would opt to
they can find ways to solve problems than
resolve conflict through non-violent means
their non-participating peers.
having learned how to address issues of peer-to-peer conflict peacefully.
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