Olympian Emily Cook Empower Children Through Sport

Summary

Right To Play uses sport and play programs to improve health, teach basic life skills, and develop peace and conflict resolution abilities for children and communities.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

With over 2 million refugees living in Jordan, Right To Play’s programs promote the development of life skills, including leadership, fair play and conflict resolution. Programs provide opportunities for youth to act as the primary agents of change.

How will this project solve this problem?

Through sport and games, Right To Play programs will provide physical and psychosocial health activities, encourage opportunities for youth leadership and participation, while increasing the awareness of child rights in refugees

Potential Long Term Impact

Programs help children build their confidence and self-esteem, it creates trust between opposing parties and advances the healing process. It creates of culture of peace, helps build positive friendships and creates a sense of community

Project Message

Watching these kids laugh and play together and knowing that they were building their self-esteem, learning leadership and cooperation skills was joyful in a way that is almost unexplainable
- Emily Cook, Emily Cook, Olympic Aerial Skier and Right To Play

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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