Right to Play uses sports and games to educate children in Ghana. It trains coaches and provides sports equipment and infrastructure to schools. It works with the poorest children in remote, rural areas. The document describes several schools in Ghana that Right to Play works with, including Obom primary school where some children walk 7 miles to attend, and a special needs school in Battor that uses specially developed games. It explains how Right to Play's programs increase school attendance and spread health lessons to communities.

1. GHANA
right to play

2. RIGHT TO PLAY
An international charity
Helps children
Educates through sport
Trains Coaches and
invests in sports
equipment and schools
Works with the poorest
children in the world

3. Ghana
Ghana is located on the
Gulf of Guinea, only a few
degrees north of the
equator giving it a warm
climate
Ghana has a population
of about 23.9 million
people and is home to
more than 100 different
ethnic group.

4. Obom
• a primary and secondary
school, two hours drive into
the bush outside Accra.
• Some children walk as far
as 7 miles to get to school.
• There are few facilities and
bare schoolrooms with no
books.

7. Right to Play uses games and sport
to teach children important lessons
about things like:
•HIV AIDS
•Malaria
•Confidence
•Leadership skills
•Co-operation
•Integration

8. Burma Camp
Nursery school -ages (2-
5)
Specially developed
games for younger
children are used
Happy children

12. Battor
special needs

13. •Special games developed
for mentally and physically
disabled children at this
residential school.
•There are 95 children at this
school and 80 children on the
waiting list.

16. Addidome

17. Effects of Right to Play’s
games:
•More children come to
school
•The health lessons are
reaching others in the
community
Addidome is a very large
school and there are not
enough coaches to
provide all the children
there with Right to Play’s
structured games.

22. Kakum
national park

26. RIGHT TO PLAY