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.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

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.

Activities

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

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,140
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $48,860
Total Funding Goal: $50,000

Additional Documentation

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

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Why this Project is Important

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

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Doreen Mullady

Chelsea Piers
Pier 62, Suite 303
New York , NY 10011
United States
646-649-9190
Email:

Project Sponsor

Athletes for Hope

Organization

Right to Play Logo

Right to Play
Pier 62, Suite 303
New York, NY 10011
United States
(646) 649-9190
http://www.righttoplay.com

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in JordanJordan and can also be found under SportSport.

For more information about Jordan, read the Human Development Report on Jordan or the Wikipedia entry for Jordan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 18, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 10, 2009

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