Right To Play International

$11,002,967.00 CAD

≈ $0.27 for every person in Canada ≈ 143 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
Recipient country
Palestinian Territories
Fiscal year
2018-2019
Agreement period
March 28, 2019 – June 30, 2024
Project status
Finalisation
Reference
CA-3-P006558001

Published purpose

The project aims to improve the quality of education for children, especially girls, enrolled in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) primary schools in the West Bank and Gaza. Project activities include: (1) training primary school teachers in gender-responsive, child centered play-based teaching methods; (2) training counsellors and physical education teachers in play-based methods to deliver psychosocial support and life skills/leadership activities; (3) training school principals and education officials on gender equality, child protection policies and principles, and services for students and families victims of abuse; and (4) rehabilitating school facilities to be more gender-responsive. The primary beneficiary population of this project are 1,230,000 refugee girls and boys attending 370 UNRWA schools in the West Bank and Gaza.

In plain English AI-generated

This project improves education quality for Palestinian refugee children in UNRWA schools in the West Bank and Gaza by training teachers, counsellors, and principals, and rehabilitating school facilities, with a focus on gender equality and child protection.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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