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Right To Play – At A Glance

 

Who We Are: Right To Play is an athlete-driven international humanitarian organisation that uses sport and play as a tool for development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world.

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What We Do: Right To Play programmes aim to improve the lives of children affected by poverty, war and disease. We work closely with communities to set up sport and play programmes designed to teach important skills including leadership, teamwork, conflict resolution, self-esteem, communication, commitment, respect and fair-play. The network and infrastructure we set up enable local communities to take ownership of the programmes, leaving a long lasting impact.

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Where We Work: Our programmes are currently implemented in 24 countries: Azerbaijan, Benin, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates and Zambia.

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Our Programmes:The focus of our SportWorks programme is child and community development, while our SportHealth programmes leverage the convening and influencing power of sport to provide health education. SportHealth teaches the importance of vaccinations, as well as prevention of TB, Malaria and HIV/AIDS.

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Experienced Implementing Partners: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF, UNESCO, World Health Organization, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the Vaccine Fund, CARE International, the International Red Cross, the Global Measles Initiative, the Peres Center for Peace, UNRWA, INSAN Foundation (Pakistan), EMIMA (Tanzania), and Aide et Action (Benin).

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A Global Network of International Volunteers: Right To Play recruits and trains Local and International Volunteers who work with communities to implement our programmes. International Volunteers, together with Local Coaches, reach hundreds of thousands of children and youth on a weekly basis.

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An International Team of Athlete Ambassadors: Right To Play is supported by an international team of Sportsmen and women who generously donate their time to actively support our programmes. Their involvement inspire children and helps raise awareness of the humanitarian potential of sport. Led by four-time Olympic Champion, and Right To Play President and CEO Johann Olav Koss, our Athlete Ambassadors include Matthew Pinsent, Ian Thorpe, Wayne Gretzky, Haile Gebreselassie, Carolina Kluft, Martina Hingis, Lauryn Williams and Mike Powell.

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Right To Play UK: Our UK National Operation was set up in August 2006 by Chris Robinson, former Chief Executive of the charity, CHASE. Right To Play UK has won the support of UK Sport and the elite athletes, John Regis (100/200m) and Greg Rutherford (Long Jump), who have joined football players, John Arne Riise and Freddie Kanoute, already on our International team. John and Greg recently visited Right To Play’s programme in Sierra Leone. Their support will be vital in raising awareness of Right To Play in the UK. Right To Play

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Global Partners: Right To Play UK recently signed a six-year partnership with one of the world’s most successful football clubs, Chelsea FC. Innovative initiatives between the two organisations will actively contribute to the UK’s fundraising achievements. Top players Joe Cole, Michael Essien, Salomon Kalou and Frank Lampard were chosen as Chelsea FC-Right To Play Ambassadors and have committed to supporting Right To Play programmes in the countries of implementation.

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A Global Leader in Sport for Development and Peace: Right To Play is committed to every child’s right to play and takes an active role in research and policy development in this area. Our aim is to engage development, sport, business and media leaders to ensure every child benefits from the positive power of sport and play. Right To Play Headquarters is in Toronto, Canada. The organisation has national offices in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, USA, Canada and UAE. when children play, the world wins

 
 
 
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Get Involved

Ideas on how you can promote Right To Play, and help create a healthier and safer world through the power of sport and play, include:

 

Set up a Right To Play booth during a particular event, or day (like World Refugee Day, World Health Day).

Organise a fun event of your choice (including a sport-tournament, or movie night) where the funds generated are donated to Right To Play. This works best if you have the support of a particular team or group, like student union, or your sports team. To see events that people have organised in the past, click here.

Race for Right To Play. You can create your own Right To Play fundraising page to let your friends and family know you are running in a race for Right To Play. To sign up and fundraise is quick and easy.

With a team of friends and fellow Right To Play supporters, you can organise a Play Day that includes six stations of Right To Play games, and teaches the participants about the work Right To Play does in teh field, relating how specific activities can promote health education, teach conflict resolution skills, and promote the best values of sport like teamwork, fair play and respect.

 

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