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.
P.O.W.E.R. Learning Study Summary (2023)
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 2020-2025, 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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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.
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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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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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.
The Circle of Hope program, implemented by Right To Play and the Tamer Institute from October 2025 to June 2026, reached 1,066 children across five Temporary Learning Spaces in the Gaza Strip.
The program combined play-based learning, remedial literacy and numeracy, psychosocial support, storytelling, child protection, and caregiver engagement. Despite displacement and security challenges, children maintained an 81% attendance rate.
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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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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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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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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.
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Additional Resources
Policy briefs, reports, and practical guides to support children’s learning through play.
Policy Briefs & Reports
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