| Right To Play At A Glance |
Dutch des Sables 2007 is a Dutch team
of four atheletes: Christine Eenhorst, Phillip de Reuver,
Gijs Groeneveld, Maarten Staarink. Competing in the MDS
has every thing Right to Play stands for. Stamina, respect
for nature and other competitors and working. therefore:
Right To Play is the proud charity partner of Dutch des
Sables.
Right To Play At A Glance
Who We Are: Right To Play is an athlete-driven international
humanitarian organization that uses sport and play as a
tool for the development of children and youth in the most
disadvantaged areas of the world. Right To Play is committed
to improving the lives of these children and to strengthening
their communities by translating the best practices of
sport and play into opportunities to promote development,
health and peace.
What We Do: Right To Play programs foster the healthy physical,
social and emotional development of children and build
safer and stronger communities. Everyday we witness the
positive impact sport has on refugee children, former child
combatants, children with a disability, and young people
at risk or orphaned by HIVAIDS or war. Right To Play's
guiding principals are inclusion, which recognizes the
importance of children who may be marginalized for reasons
of gender, religion, ability, ethnicity, disability, or
social background; and sustainability, which ensures lasting
impact of our programs. Read more
Happier, Educated Children: Well designed sport and play
programs are a fun way to guide children on a positive
path to healthy development. In addition to the physical
benefits, sport and play programs enhance holistic development,
help foster resilience, and create a meaningful connection
to adults. Sport and play also teach important values and
life skills including leadership skills, teamwork, fair
play, conflict resolution, self-esteem, communication,
commitment, respect, and integrity.
Safer, More Peaceful Communities and Sustained Impact:
Right To Play works closely with communities to help set
up the networks and infrastructure necessary to support
sustainable local ownership of our sport and play programs.
Right To Play also trains local youth to be Local Coaches
to expand the reach of our programs and to impart valuable
leadership skills to the next generation.
Our Programs: The focus of our SportWorks program is child
and community development, while our SportHealth programs
leverage the convening and influencing power of sport to
provide health education and encourage healthy lifestyle
behaviours. For example, SportHealth teaches the importance
of vaccinations, as well as prevention of TB, Malaria and
HIV/AIDS.
Where We Work: Our programs are currently implemented in
22 countries: Azerbaijan, Benin, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique,
Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Sierra Leone,
Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, UAE, and
Zambia. Read more
A Global Network of International Volunteers: Right To
Play engages and trains Local and International Volunteers
who work with communities to implement our programs. Seventy
seven International Volunteers were sent to the field in
2005, and together with Local Coaches, reached approximately
500,000 children and youth on a weekly basis. Read more
Look after yourself, look after one another: This is the
philosophy that guides Right To Play. Through our sport
and play programs we believe we can empower children and
communities to look after themselves and each other. In
everything we do, we emphasize the best practices of sport
and play and our organizational values optimism, respect,
compassion, courage, leadership, inspiration and joy.
An International Team of Athlete Ambassadors:
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