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When Children Play,
the World Wins.
Johann Olav Koss
Founder & President of Right To Play’s
Special Message on Global Dignity Day 2014
Dignity is having the opportunity to fulfill your potential, Dignity is the right to go
to school, Its knowing how to protect yourself from disease, It gives you the
confidence to say NO, It creates personal boundaries, Its having the freedom to
be yourself, to live in peace. All it takes is one child to positively influence your
community, because children are the change makers of the world.
Engaging Mothers for
Child Development
Mothers play significant role in child
development and shaping the future
of youngs. Right To Play believes in
women participation and engaging
them for community development.
Five mothers clubs were formed in
different communities of Peshawar.
The purpose of formulating these
mothers clubs was to take mothers on
board to discuss issues related to
their children and address the
problems to resolve.
In September 2014, a day long
meeting was held at Mothers Club,
Gulbahar, Peshawar. Over 30 mothers
attended the meeting and participated in discussion regarding significance of program, issues and
challenges related to their children’s
learning and development.
The innovative Mothers Club is
gaining momentum as mothers from
local community take keen interest in
discussing their children’s social,
cognitive, emotional and physical
development. Mothers Club is not
only a platform to address children’s
issues but empowering community
women indeed. In reality, Mothers
Club is contributing towards quality
education in local schools.
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Right of Peoples To Peace
Celebrations of International Day of Peace 2014
September 21st, the International
Day of Peace is a day to commemorate that everyone has a right to
peace.
Every year world community
celebrates International Day of Peace
on September 21. The theme of this
year’s peace day was “Right of
Peoples To Peace”. September 21,
2014 was anniversary of United
Nations General Assembly Declara-
tion on the Right of Peoples To Peace.
Right To Play is promoting peace and
development and mitigate conflicts
through play, sport and games. Right
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children and youth in peace celebrations in Karachi, Thatta, Mirpurkhas,
Khairpur, Umerkot, Sanghar, Ghotki,
Islamabad, Mardan, Mansehra and
Peshawar.
An event, under the theme of ‘Right
Children signing UNESCO Peace Manifesto
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of Peoples to Peace’ was organized by
Right To Play in Islamabad at Master
Ayub’s Kiran Center. Master Ayub’s
Kiran Center is providing education to
children from slummy parts of capital
city, Islamabad. Large number of civil
society and media representatives
and children attended the event.
Participants also signed the UNESCO
Peace Manifesto and pledged to
contribute for peace in world.
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Universal Children’s Day
A reminder to do everything possible to ensure the
well-being of Children
The United Nations Convention on
the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is a
binding for nations to take appropriate measures to ensure the protection of all rights of children without
discrimination of any kind. Every year
November 20th is marked as Universal Children’s Day and anniversary of
CRC. The November 20th, 2014 was a
25th celebration of UNCRC. Right To
Play Pakistan held several activities
around the day and engaged
hundreds of children in celebrations
across Pakistan. Thematic tournaments, play days and different
programs were organized in over 13
cities of Khyber Pakhtukhwa, Islamabad Capital Territory and Sindh to
highlight the significance of Universal
Children’s Day and UNCRC.
Right To Play Pakistan closely collaborates with Mashal Model School,
Islamabad by extending support for
sport equipment and holding different activities. The Mashal Model
School is providing education to
children hailing from disadvantaged
communities of Capital city. Right To
Play’s trained Coach conducts
specially designed activities with the
children of Mashal school at regular
basis. On November 20th, 2014, Right
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children of Mashal School. Ms.
Suzanne Heyward, wife of High
Commissioner of Australia was the
guest of honour. A puppet show and
different skits were presented to
educate and aware children and local
community members about children
rights and steps to safeguard these
rights.
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Sport is a great tool to develop and
monitoring leadership qualities in
youth and children. Right To Play uses
sport and play to nurture and built
positive and peaceful communities
which leads to develop young leaders
as role models.
Asma Pathan, Head Coach of Right To
Play, Khairpur Sindh was invited to
attend Youth Leadership Programme
(YLP) by United Nations Office on
Sport for Development. The Youth
Leadership Programme which held in
Gwanju, South Korea provided Asma
Pathan an opportunity to learn about
other cultures and exposure to
interact with young people from
different countries.
During the programme, Pathan learnt
about leadership, child protection,
team work, challenges faced by
people with disabilities and how to
overcome these, social issues and
discrimination faced by youth
infected with HIV/AIDS.
“It gave me a chance to try new
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new cultures and people from
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Right To Play Celebrates
International Literacy Day
Education is a fundamental right for all the people in the country. It is a tool of personal empowerment and a means for social
and human development. Educational opportunities depend on
literacy. Literacy is at the heart of basic education for all of us,
and essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality,
curbing population growth, achieving gender equality and
ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy.
International Literacy Day was celebrated on 8th September by
Right To Play with the collaboration of SAFWCO and district
education department. To mark this day a rally from Edhi Center
Thatta to Thatta press club was carried out, in this rally various
organizations, civil society, education department and school
children took part actively. Over 300 hundred participants took
part in the rally.
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Mansoor Ahmad is former Pakistani Field Hockey Player and
Ambassador of Right To Play Pakistan. He has also served as
Captain of Pakistan Hockey team. Recently, Mansoor visited
Right To Play’s partner schools in Thatta, Sindh. During his
visit to Government Boys High School Makli and Government Girls High School Thatta, Mansoor watched
matches of basket ball and volley ball. The
events were attended by media, youth,
teachers and civil society.
Global Dignity Day Celebrated
Across Sindh
Right To Play celebrates international day to raise awareness on the value
of human dignity
Global Dignity Day is an international day celebrated across the globe to
instill a positive and inclusive value in young people. This year Global
Dignity Day was celebrated in 70 countries including Pakistan where Right
To Play celebrated the day by engaging over 50,000 children in celebrations.
A total of 1,944 children in three districts of Sindh, Umerkot, Khairpur
and Mirpurkhas participated in Global Dignity Day celebrations in
events spanning a week, from October 14 to October 20.
Among the activities used to raise awareness about issues of
self-esteem and dignity were story-telling sessions, role
play, singing and acting performances, tableaus and
discussions by Right To Play team on what dignity
means.
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added that “each and every person has a right to
exercise their rights and lead a life of dignity, and
once in while we all need to be reminded of that”.
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Right To Play is a global
organization that uses the
transformative power of play
to educate and empower
children facing adversity.
Through orchestrating
involvement in sports and
games, Right To Play helps
children in more than 20
countries to build essential
life skills and better futures
while driving lasting social
change.
Glimpse of Beneficiaries of
Our Regular Programs
Over
180,000
Children and Youth
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of Sindh
KP and ICT
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Government School
Teachers Trained
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girls
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Junior Leaders
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Local Coaches
partners schools
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Compiled by:
Aasma Qamar
Write to us at:
pakistan@righttoplay.com
Ph: +92 51 2214656
Fax: +92 51 2214643
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