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. A game of football can teach children about tolerance and peace, and a game of tag can teach about malaria. Play helps teach important life lessons and develop skills like cooperation, leadership, and teamwork.
Mission:
Right To Play's mission is to use sport and play to educate and empower children and youth to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict, and disease in disadvantaged communities.
Vision:
Right To Play's vision is to create a healthy and safe world through the power of sport and play
Right To Play Values:
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WE CARE:
We care for children and communities
We look after ourselves and one another
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WE PLAY:
We have fun and are playful in everything we do
We take a moment to smile and laugh
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WE COMMIT:
We stay true to ourselves
We act with honesty and integrity
We keep our promises
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WE ARE A TEAM:
Diverse, yet supportive; aligned, not divisive
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WE DO:
We share a can-do attitude
We create opportunities where none exist
We work hard to make an impact
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. A game of football can teach children about tolerance and peace, a game of tag can teach about malaria. Play helps teach important life lessons and develop skills like co-operation, leadership and teamwork. Play provides a retreat from everyday hardships and brings joy and laughter, allowing kids to be kids.
WHAT IS RIGHT TO PLAY?
Right To Play is a global organisation that uses the transformative power of play to educate and empower children facing adversity. It was founded in 2000 by Johann Olav Koss, a four-time Olympic gold medallist and social entrepreneur. Through sports and games, we help children build essential life skills and better futures, while driving social change in their communities with lasting impact.
WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO PLAY?
Right To Play promotes the involvement of all children and youth. We believe that the power of play can transform a child’s life. That’s why we are working in the most disadvantaged areas engaging girls, persons with disabilities, children affected by HIV/AIDS, street children, former child combatants and refugees.
WHAT DO WE DO? WE EDUCATE.
We Help Children Learn.We improve academic performance by 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.
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 organisations to build infrastructure |
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WHAT IS RIGHT TO PLAY?Right To Play is a global organisation that uses the transformative power of play to educate and empower children facing adversity. It was founded in 2000 by Johann Olav Koss, a four-time Olympic gold medalist and social entrepreneur. Through sports and games, we help children build essential life skills and better futures, while driving social change in their communities with lasting impact.
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WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO PLAY?
Right To Play promotes the involvement of all children and youth. We believe that the power of play can transform a child’s life. That’s why we are working in the most disadvantaged areas engaging girls, persons with disabilities, children affected by HIV and AIDS, street children, former child combatants and refugees.
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. A game of football can teach children about tolerance and peace, a game of tag can teach about malaria. Play helps teach important life lessons and develop skills like cooperation, leadership and teamwork. Play provides a retreat from everyday hardships and brings joy and laughter, allowing kids to be kids.
WHERE ARE OUR PROGRAMMES?
Right To Play operates programmes in more than 20 countries including Benin, Burundi, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Pakistan, the Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza), Peru, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand and Uganda.
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DO WE PARTNER WITH OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATIONS?
Yes. Some of our programmes are training and technical assistance focused, working with partner organisations in Bolivia, Colombia, Kenya, Norway, Panama, Peru and the United States where we train local organisations in Right To Play’s unique methodology to implement programmes.
DO WE WORK WITH REFUGEES OR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS?
Yes. Sometimes we work in a humanitarian context during a time of disaster or crisis; for example, we work with refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, and Internally Displaced Persons in Mali.
WHO HAVE WE REACHED?
Each year, we reach one million children in our regular weekly activities with the help of more than 13,500 volunteer Coaches. By the end of 2017 we have a goal of reaching two million children on a weekly basis.
WHEN WERE WE FOUNDED?
Johann Olav Koss, a four-time Olympic gold medallist and social entrepreneur, founded Right To Play in 2000. Right To Play evolved out of Olympic Aid, a fundraising organisation that raised millions to help disadvantaged youth.
WHAT IS “SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE”?
Sport for Development programmes embody the best values of sport and combine other non-sport components to enhance learning. These programmes empower participants and communities and promote sustainability. Sport for Development represents the notion that sport is now recognized as a key tool in the development and pursuit of peace, most notably within the Millennium Development Goals.
WHAT IS AN ATHLETE AMBASSADOR?
Our Athlete Ambassadors serve as role models to inspire children through sport and play. They help us raise awareness and lend their voice to our cause. We are supported by an international network of professional andOlympic athletes from more than 40 countries.
DO ATHLETES DELIVER THE PROGRAMMES?
No, Athlete Ambassadors do not deliver our programmes. They visit our programmes in order to inspire children and celebrate their successes and witness the impact of Right To Play’s work first-hand. These visits enable the children we work with to interact with the athletes as positive role models. Our Athlete Ambassadors also act as spokespeople to raise awareness for the cause.
HOW DO WE DELIVER OUR PROGRAMMES?
Our programmes 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 programming. They implement the programmes based on the needs of their communities. We also encourage leadership at all ages by providing youth with leadership opportunities. Junior Leaders, some as young as eight-years-old, become empowered through participating in Right To Play programmes.
HOW ARE COACHES SUPPORTED?
Right To Play promotes the spirit of volunteerism. As such, Coaches are not financially compensated. However, they are compensated for expenses relating to projects, such as travel costs.
IS RIGHT TO PLAY INVOLVED IN POLICY WORK?
Yes. We take an active role in research, policy and advocacy work to engage leaders in development, sport, business and media, to ensure every child experiences the benefits of sport and play.
DOES RIGHT TO PLAY HAVE ANY POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS?
We are a non-partisan organisation and we partner with organisations that support the rights and beliefs of all individuals. On occasion, we may work with local faith-based organisations to implement our programmes but this does not indicate support for, or association with, the organisation’s religious affiliation. We do not work with political organisations.
DO WE ACCEPT EQUIPMENT DONATIONS?
We accept equipment donations on a case by case basis, due to the cost of shipping equipment and the resources required to distribute and manage such donations when they arrive. If you are interested in supporting us this way, please contact Right To Play Headquarters.
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HOW WILL MY CONTRIBUTION BE SPENT?
Donations made to Right To Play are applied to the area of greatest need in the organisation and go to our sport and play programmes in disadvantaged areas around the world. This gives us the flexibility to channel our funds to countries where our needs are greatest.
HOW MUCH OF MY MONEY GOES TOWARDS RIGHT TO PLAY’S DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES?
An average of 85% of total worldwide expenses are spent implementing Right To Play’s programmes benefiting children facing adversity. An average of 15% of total expenses goes towards administrative and fundraising expenditures. Right To Play’s audited financial statements are available to the public in our Annual Report.
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Right to Play is the charity involved with the
Battersea park 5K run! I am a 14 Year Old boy
trying to raise as much money as possible with
my mum to be able to help children all over the
world and bring joy and happiness to their
otherwise boring lives. Any donations are
accepted and I really hope we can all help
give some fun to these children's lives.
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