Building Back Better: COVID-19 response and recovery for children’s education and well-being


Reporting Organization:Right To Play International
Total Budget ($CAD):$ 6,961,718
Timeframe: October 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Status: Implementation
Contact Information: Pauline Callens
[email protected]

Partner & Funder Profiles


Reporting Organization


Right To Play International

Participating Organizations


  • Government and Public Sector

    • Ministry of Social Affairs of Lebanon
  • NGOs

    • BRAC USA

Funders (Total Budget Contribution)


  • NGOs

    • The LEGO Foundation (100%)
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Location


Country - Total Budget Allocation


Lebanon - $ 1,601,195.14 (23.00%)

Tanzania, United Republic of - $ 1,392,343.60 (20.00%)

Uganda - $ 1,392,343.60 (20.00%)

Pakistan - $ 1,322,726.42 (19.00%)

Sierra Leone - $ 905,023.34 (13.00%)

Ethiopia - $ 278,468.72 (4.00%)

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Areas of Focus


Other - Total Budget Allocation


Education (85.00 %)

Health - Total Budget Allocation


Mental Health (15.00 %)

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Description


The Building Back Better Project will build on a previous successful contribution to the COVID-19 response and will aim to strengthen the impact of learning through play amongst parents, caregivers, teachers, children, and Ministries of Education. We are doing this through two parallel lines of work. In partnership with the LEGO Foundation in 2020, Right To Play responded to the pandemic through the creation and distribution of open-sourced resources known as P.O.W.E.R.- Play Opportunities for Wellness and Education Resource, which promote learning through play (LtP) for girls and boys anywhere in the world. Building on the initial success of the response, the current project aims to strengthen the impact of LtP by developing, piloting and delivering open sourced global resources in multiple languages and locations. Moreover, the project aims to build RTP’s responsiveness, impact and sustainability by strengthening our role as a strong LtP technical assistance partner supporting the LEGO Foundation, partners, and Ministries of Education around the world. The project is currently in a no-cost extension period.

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Target Population


Gender and age: Adolescent females Adolescent males Adult men Adult women Children, boys Children, girls Under-5 children
Descriptors: Internally displaced people (IDP) Local minority groups Refugees Rural Urban
Total Direct Population: 54,387
Total Indirect Population: 65,000
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Outputs


1 Training: Improved capacity of coaches to lead music for emergencies sessions (Lebanon)
1 Workshop: Children regularly attend PACT sessions (Lebanon and Pakistan)
1 Training: Facilitators have improved capacity to delivery psychomotor activities (Lebanon)
1 Training: Improved knowledge of LTP among parent educators (Uganda and Tanzania)
1 Training: POWER training curriculum delivered to teachers and other education stakeholders for large-scale use in the country (Pakistan & Ethiopia)
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Results & Indicators


Expected Results


Increased access to Learning through Play amongst parents, caregivers, teachers, and children, as well as Ministries of Education, other Lego Foundation partners and CSOs. Expected results:

-Children have improved learning and psychosocial wellbeing because of access to LtP and psychosocial support opportunities at home, in the community or at school.

-Parents, parent community leaders, children and teachers have increased preparedness, attitudes, and knowledge to support children’s psychosocial wellbeing and learning through play.

Improved capacity and organizational readiness of Right To Play to provide technical assistance on the integration of LtP to ministries of education. Expected results:

-Development of resources and tools to support Ministries of Education including Sierra Leone to integrate learning through play in primary education.

-Teachers have the increased skills and knowledge to implement learning through play activities.

-Teachers and children can create positive learning environment in schools through implementation of learning through play activities that focus on collaborative play.

Achieved Results


We currently do not have evidence on results to date

Indicators


  • None Selected
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Associated Projects (If applicable)


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