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TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF PLAY

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A game of football can teach children about TOLERANCE and PEACE, and a game of tag can teach about malaria prevention. Play helps teach important life lessons and develop skills like COOPERATION, LEADERSHIP and TEAMWORK.

WHY IS PLAY SO IMPORTANT?

The UN recognizes play as the right of every child. Play is not a luxury; it is a tool for EDUCATION and HEALTH. It can bring entire communities together and inspire every individual.

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CAN YOU IMAGINE?

A WORLD WITHOUT PLAY

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WHAT RIGHT TO PLAY BELIEVE

That every child has the right to play

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They work in the most disadvantaged area’s engaging girls, persons with disabilities, children affected by HIV/AIDS, street children, former child combatants and refugees.

WHO RIGHT TO PLAY WORK WITH

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HOW ARE THEY MAKING A DIFFERENCE?

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WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY EDUCATE

They Help Children Learn. They improve academic performance by using games as a tool for education, fostering physical, cognitive and social development

They Promote Health by encouraging physical fitness, mobilizing communities around national health issues, and educating about disease prevention priorities including HIV/AIDS, malaria and immunization.

They Build Peace by teaching conflict resolution and peace building skills, while helping heal children and communities affected by war.

They Develop Communities by engaging local staff and volunteers and partnering with local organisations to build infrastructure.

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HIV & AIDS

93%

of children believe people living with

HIV and AIDS should be able to teach

schoolvs. 49% of children not in Right To Play

programmes.

94%

of children believe people living with

HIV and AIDS should attend school

vs. 54% of children not in Right To Play

programmes.

84%

of children believe people living with HIV and AIDS are people they would be willing to share a meal withvs. 36% of children

notin Right To Play programmes.

Results from Uganda Right To Play Evaluation in 2011

Kids in Right To Play programmes:

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HEALTH & HYGIENE

84%

reported sleeping under a mosquito

netvs. 10% national

average provided by Unicef82

%reported regularly

washing hands after the

latrine vs. 59% of children

not in Right To Play programmes

92%knew ways of preventing

HIV from sexual transmission

vs. 50% of children not in Right To Play

programmes

Kids in Right To Play programmes:

Results from Uganda Right To Play Evaluation in 2011

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EDUCATION

100%

95%of classrooms used

active learning (activities and

discussion to engage children in learning)

vs. 55% of non-Right To Play classrooms.

Results fromThailand Evaluation 2008.

After Right To Play came to the school, you could

see results that the children had improved, understood better and

were more enlightened. The class marks have

gone up as well.Education Director, Tori Benin

of classrooms showed evidence of a

collaborative learning environment

vs. 46% of non-Right To Play classrooms.

Results fromThailand Evaluation 2008

Kids in Right To Play programmes:

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CONFLICT RESOLUTION

87%of children would not take revenge when faced with a case of peer-initiated

conflict.Results from Liberia, Benin,

Mali, and Ghana.

84%of children report

knowing how to solve a peer-related conflict

peacefully.Results from Liberia Evaluation

2010.

“Playing every day has brought love and

respect to their lives. Now they can settle their problems of

confusion by themselves."

- Parent, Barrobo, Liberia

Kids in Right To Play programmes:

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RIGHT TO PLAY’S REACH

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WHERE THEY WORK?

1,000,000children in weekly regular sport and play

activities

49%

of children in their programmes are girls

THEIR REACH

HOW RIGHT TO PLAY CHANGES LIVES

Abu Aziz loves to play football, but as a boy growing up with Down Syndrome, he was always kept on the sidelines, only ever watching the other kids play.

Then one day, a Right To Play Coach named Assam brought Abu and his peers a red ball that said ‘LOOK AFTER YOURSELF, LOOK AFTER ONE ANOTHER’. He got everyone thinking about respect and fair play, and showed the kids that Abu could play football too – and it turns out, he is a star.

Abu was finally invited to play football with the others and in his first tournament, he scored two goals and his team won the Cup Final!  

Abu Aziz, Jordan,

HOW CAN WE GET INVOLVED WITH RIGHT TO PLAY?

• Create, host or take part in a Right To Play event

• Have a Right To Play sports day or play day

• Dedicate a class project to Right To Play

• Have your sports teams support Right To Play

• Come up with your own great ideas to get involved

WHAT WE COULD DO

WHEN CHILDREN PLAY, THE WORLD WINS

www.righttoplay.org.uk