Location and general information
Categories
Access to Sport - 
Infrastructure and equipment - 
Personal development - 
Strengthening partnerships
Access to Sport - Infrastructure and equipment - Personal development - Strengthening partnershipsContext
In rural Rwanda, many children lack opportunities to play sport. Although part of the school curriculum and essential for developing motor skills, building confidence and interacting with others, physical education is limited by a lack of trained coaches and safe play areas. Without supportive environments, children miss out on the benefits of sport and play.
Project goals
Improve access to sports activities in schools and increase children's participation in physical education by:
- ensuring children in rural settings have access to safe, child-friendly play areas;
- providing schools in rural settings with age-appropriate sports equipment;
- training primary school sports facilitators on effective coaching techniques and supporting them so they can organise regular sports activities and use sport to help develop life skills, social cohesion and the inclusive participation of girls in sport;
- increasing girls’ participation in sports and play, with a target of at least 50% of girls in the target area participating in sports and play-based activities;
- leveraging Right to Play's existing programmes and relationships with schools and the government in the Kayonza district to establish new sport-for-development partnerships, including with the Rwanda Schools Sports Federation and the Rwanda Football Federation.
Project content
The Play to Excel project will be implemented in five primary schools in Kayonza, a rural district in Rwanda.
Activities include:
- renovating play areas and football pitches and giving the entire student population aged 6–12 across the five schools improved access to safe, inclusive sports areas and higher-quality, more frequent sports sessions;
- giving ten sports coaches and teachers in-depth, practical training on inclusive, child-centred and life skills-oriented coaching;
- distributing age-appropriate and inclusive sports equipment and training materials;
- organising tournaments.
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