A central hub for reports, learning briefs, and evaluation findings from across Right To Play's programs. Browse the evidence behind our play-based approach, organized by program area.
Primary Education
Enhancing Quality & Inclusive Education (EQIE) 1.0
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The EQIE 1.0 project, active from 2020-24, improved access to quality, play-based education for children experiencing marginalization, including children with disabilities, in Ethiopia, Lebanon, Mozambique, the Palestinian Territories, and Tanzania.
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Gender Responsive Education & Transformation (GREAT)
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The GREAT project, active from 2018-2023, aimed to improve children's academic, social, and emotional skills in Ghana, Mozambique, and Rwanda.
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Partners in Play, active from 2019-2024 in Ghana, worked to improve the quality of education for children from kindergarten to 6th grade.
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Partnership For Quality Education (PAQE) II
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PAQE II, active from 2017-2022 in four regions across Mali, aimed to improve students' reading comprehension and life skills, while also enhancing learning environments.
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Plug in Play, active from 2021-2024, aimed to improve the quality of education for 60,000 children in Rwanda by introducing learning through play with technology.
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The P.O.W.E.R. pilot, active from 2022-2023 as part of the Building Back Better program, tested 120 gender-responsive, play-based learning activities that help teachers encourage collaborative play and child agency in classrooms in Ethiopia and Pakistan.
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Sierra Leone Technical Assistance
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The Sierra Leone technical assistance pilot, active from 2022-2024, worked with the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education to integrate play-based learning into lower primary teaching to improve literacy and numeracy.
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Learning through Play E-training and Certification
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The Learning through Play E-training and Certification program, evaluated in 2023 and 2024, trained and mentored lower primary teachers in Rwanda through a blended online and in-person course to bring play-based learning into their classrooms.
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Education In Emergencies
My Education, My Future (MEMF)
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My Education, My Future, active from 2020-2023, aimed to improve access to and the quality of education for primary school-aged children, especially girls, affected by the Burundian refugee crisis.
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Child Protection & Psychosocial Support
The Music for Development pilot project, active in 2020, used music to build social cohesion and strengthen life skills among youth and adolescents in the Beirut/Mount Lebanon area, empowering them to lead positive change in their communities.
Advancing Cohesion in Communities Through Engagement in Structured Sports (ACCESS)
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The ACCESS project, active from 2019-2022, strengthened social cohesion and created safer learning environments for vulnerable children and youth, especially girls, in Jordan.
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The Refugee Education in Emergencies project, a response to COVID-19 and active in 2021, improved access to safe, supportive learning environments and strengthened the psychosocial well-being of children and youth in Lebanon.
The Game Connect project, active from 2020-2023, improved the mental health and psychosocial well-being of refugee and host community youth aged 15 to 24 in Uganda through structured sport.
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The Move to Improve pilot project, active between 2021-2023 as one of six pilot interventions within the Building Back Better programme, used psychomotor play to support the holistic development and psychosocial well-being of children in mixed emergency settings in Lebanon.
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The Music for Emergencies pilot project, active 2022-2023 as one of six pilot interventions within the Building Back Better program, used music to improve the psychosocial well-being, resilience, and life skills of children aged 6 to 12 in Lebanon.
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Play-Based Education In Emergencies (PEER)
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The Play Based Education in Emergencies (PEER) project, active 2019-2020, improved the quality of formal and non-formal education for refugee and host community children in Lebanon through play-based learning.
The Play to Grow Together project, active 2020-2021, used football to build life skills and reduce bullying and violence among children and youth in Egypt.
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Beirut Explosion Response
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The Refugee Education in Emergencies project, a response to the Beirut explosion in 2020, improved access to safe, supportive learning environments and strengthened the psychosocial well-being of children and youth in Lebanon.
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The Jam Suka project, active from 2016-2020, protected children against child labour, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, and begging in Mali.
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The Side by Side project, active from 2019-2022, built life skills, leadership, and confidence among children and youth in four communities in Thailand through sport and play.
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The Ma’an/TOGETHER project, active from 2019-2024, improved access to quality, gender-responsive education for Palestinian refugee children in the Gaza and the West Bank by supporting teachers and creating safer, more inclusive schools.
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Music For Emergencies (2024)
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The Music for Emergencies project, launched in 2020, used music to strengthen the psychosocial well-being, resilience, and life skills of children in Lebanon affected by the economic crisis and the Beirut blast.
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Music For Technology (2023)
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The Music for Technology project, launched in 2021, empowered youth in Lebanon to use music technology to express and address social and human rights issues.
Play and Care Together (PACT)
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The Play and Care Together (PACT) pilot, active from 2022-2023 as part of the Building Back Better program, strengthened psychosocial well-being, resilience, and peer relationships among children aged 10 to 14 in Pakistan.
Unlocking their Potential (UP)
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The UP project, active from 2021-2023, strengthened life skills and employability among young people leaving juvenile vocational training centres in Thailand to support their reintegration and prevent reoffending.
Gender Equality & Social Inclusion
What Works 1.0 Pakistan
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The What Works 1.0 project, active from 2015-2018, used play-based life skills programming to reduce peer violence and depression among children in Pakistan.
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Renforcement des Capacités des Filles par le Sport et le Jeu (RECAF-Jeu)
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The RECAF-Jeu project, active from 2021-2026, empowered girls and young women in Senegal to claim their rights and challenge harmful gender norms through sport and play, reducing gender-based violence.
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Sexual Health and Reproductive Education (SHARE)
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The SHARE project, active from 2021-2026, improved access to sexual and reproductive health education and gender-responsive health care for young people, especially girls and young women, in Ghana, Mozambique, and Uganda.
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Early Childhood Care & Education
Enhancing Quality Early Childhood Education In Ghana
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A 2023-2024 evaluation of the early childhood education component of the Partners in Play (P3) project, with a baseline in 2023 and an endline in 2024, assessed progress in literacy, numeracy, and socio-emotional learning among kindergarten children in Ghana.
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The Play to Grow pilot, part of the Building Back Better program (2022-2023), tested a parenting education package to help parents support children aged 3 to 6 in early reading, numeracy, and socio-emotional learning in Uganda and Tanzania.
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The Play to Grow Flex (PTG-F) pilot, active in 2024, used play-based parenting education to strengthen parent-child relationships and support children’s socio-emotional development in crisis-affected communities in Uganda.
Gender-Responsive Education & Transformation in Early Childhood Education (GREAT-ECE)
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The GREAT-ECE pilot project, active from 2022-2024, assessed teacher training in gender-responsive, play-based learning to improve the quality of early childhood education in Rwanda and Mozambique.
Additional Resources
Policy briefs, reports, and practical guides to support children’s learning through play.
Policy Briefs & Reports
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