Stories

• BUILDING HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE: AISHA'S STORY

  More than 60,000 children live on the streets of Accra, Ghana’s capital, and are not in school. Aisha dreams of being a journalist to speak against child labor and homelessness and to draw the government's attention to these issues.

• Getting in the Game: Ahmad’s Story

  Ahmad has now started to help other children with disabilities in his school to understand their capabilities and accept themselves as they are.

• How Win Is Following His Dream of Becoming an Athlete

  Through programs and facilities made possible by Right To Play, Win was able to work on his confidence, leadership abilities, and skills in the sport he loves: football.

• How Eloisa Is Closing the Learning Gap

  Eloisa is just ten years old, but she’s a leader in her school’s reading club, helping her fellow students to strengthen their academic skills as they go back to school after long closures created by COVID-19.

• How Ruth Helps Her Peers Return to School

  Since COVID-19 first struck Rwanda, schools have been closed for a total of 41 weeks of instruction. But when schools reopened, many children didn’t return. Ruth was one of them. Her journey back to school began when she and her mother were visited at home by members of her school’s local Junior Leader club.

• How Ella and Joyce are Advocating for their Right to Education

  Ella, 15, was out of school for more than two years before a back-to-school campaign, aimed at improving access to quality education for primary school-aged children, especially girls, helped her return. Listen to Ella describe her experience.

• Finding healing through music: Alain’s story

  Refugee children in Lebanon like Alain often struggle to process the traumatic experiences they've gone through. A program in Beirut helped Alain learn how to express himself, cope with negative emotions, and connect with others through music and arts.

• How Anitha Went Back to School

  Anitha had to drop out of school due to poverty. She worked hauling water and selling sugar cane, dangerous work for children. Members of a Right To Play-supported child rights club in her former school reached out and helped her leave child labor and return to her education. With their help, she is able to make money safely to afford school supplies. Anitha is now a star pupil in her class, and she's glad to be back.

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