Stories

• How Teachers Empower Children Toward Greater Literacy In Mali

  Awa teaches in Mopti, Mali, a host community for thousands of internally displaced children. Where once she struggled to help her students understand their lessons, today, she uses play-based learning to make her classroom a place where students not only want to be but also where they’re learning the skills to build better futures.

• Finding a Place to Belong: Abundance’s Story

  Abundance is claiming his right to equal participation with the support of school clubs. Because of his disability, he would struggle with his self esteem and wasn't able to participate in many school activities. Right To Play-trained teacher encouraged him in school activities and clubs, where he found acceptance and support from his peers - starting with the games they play with one another.

• How Hamadoun Brings Children Together to Heal

  Children displaced by conflict in Mali are returning to hope and reclaiming their childhood with help from Hamadoun, a Right To Play-trained coach. Through play-based psychosocial support, a crucial and often overlooked service during emergencies, Hamadoun fosters social cohesion and leads games that promote children’s mental health and continued emotional and social development.

• How Larissa Equips Refugee Children to Overcome Obstacles

  Larissa is from Burundi, but she has been living as a refugee in Nduta camp for eight years. There was a time when she didn’t find much satisfaction in her job as a teacher, but since she attended Right To Play teacher training, Larissa’s love of teaching has been renewed.

• How Amna is Levelling the Playing Field for Girls

  Amna’s journey to leadership in sports wasn’t an easy road. After everything she’s overcome to find her feet on the cricket pitch, Amna is determined to level the playing field for Pakistan’s female athletes.

• Overcoming Bullying and Isolation: Hakizimana’s story

  Hakizimana is claiming his right to equal participation with the support of school clubs. Because of his disability he struggled with low self-esteem and wasn't able to participate in many school activities. Through the support of Right To Play-trained teachers who encouraged him in school activities and clubs, his confidence grew. He has even become a leader in his school.

• How Banard's Playful Parenting Empowers His Daughters

  Banard's daughters used to fear their father and his disciplinarian parenting style - one that's common for men in Uganda. In the Play to Grow programme, Banard learned playful parenting skills that helped him connect with his daughters, nurture their trust and support their active learning.

• PLAY IGNITES MARY’S DREAM TO BECOME A TEACHER

  Having taken part in play-based lessons and activities at her school through Right To Play’s Save Her Seat project, Mary is convinced about the importance of play for children’s learning, development and well-being, and is determined to put the lessons she’s learnt into practice to teach children herself when she is older.

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