Program Overview

“Sport & Play to Promote Peace Building” is a 36-month project with a total estimated cost of $ 1,121,902. Right to play aims at using sports and games as an effective and innovative tool to promote conflict mitigation and reconciliation among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. The project will provide training to teachers and implement activities that promote holistic child development, physical and psychosocial health, youth engagement and reconciliation, peace building and conflict prevention within Palestinian communities. It will do this by working with children, youth and teachers in the West Bank and Gaza.

Goals

• To promote holistic child development, physical, and psychosocial health among children and youth, as well as equal participation of boys and girls;

• To engage in their communities and promote reconciliation;

• To develop the capacity of teachers and coaches (male and female) to provide sport and play activities that promote peace building, conflict mitigation and reconciliation; and,

• To build the capacity of children and youth to use non-violent conflict resolution techniques and reconcile differences in their communities.

Expected results and accomplishments

• Twenty-eight training workshops in West Bank and Gaza.

• Sixteen play days and special events, and 21 summer camps in the West Bank and Gaza.

• In total, approximately 7,740 children and youth will benefit from this project.