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– HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED AND MORE . . .THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE FOR RIGHT TO PLAY UK SPRING 2008

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RIGHT TO PLAY AROUNDTHE WORLDAn introduction by CEO JohannOlav Koss

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RIGHT TO PLAY INUGANDAFind out how our Red Ball ChildPlay really works

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MO FARAH AND JAMESMCILROY IN LIBERIATwo of our ambassadors see ourprojects first hand

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RIGHT TO PLAY NEWSEvents, Fundraising and Notices

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MEASURING SUCCESSAll the latest news from theSPDIWG and the Activity CardProgramme.

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RIGHT TO PLAY IN LEBANONFind out how Right To Play isstriving to foster peace betweenLebanese and Palestinian refugees

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HOW YOU CAN GETINVOLVEDCorporate partnerships, CharityChallenges, Runs andFundraising

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CHEMMY ALCOTT Meet Right To Play’s newest ambassador

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Chelsea, like all successful teams, always train at high intensity. The RightTo Play UK team certainly believe that this attitude should be applied offthe pitch too and we have strived to further step up our efforts since thefirst edition of the red ball magazine.

We have worked hard to find a consistent series of partners who are equallycommitted to our cause. For example, thanks to our partnership with PitchPR, one of the UK’s premier sports PR agencies, and committed Right ToPlay supporters and friends, we have moved into new offices in the heart ofSoho, in central London.

Also, we have recently embarked upon a very exciting campaign with NikonUK whereby seven of our Athlete Ambassadors from different sports are ta-king ‘behind the scenes’ photos of their sporting lives. This will lead to afascinating exhibition in London in November and a great book – bothsponsored by Nikon with the proceeds coming to Right To Play.

It is also great to report that our partners featured in the last Red Ball Ma-gazine – Chelsea, Reuters, GTV and ASK.Com are continuing to work with uson new and bigger projects. Their help, and that of all our other supporters,has made it possible for us to work with over 400,000 children on a regularbasis in addition to training over 8000 coaches to help implement our com-munity projects.

Donning my other hat, as International Director of Football for Right ToPlay, I am delighted to report that we have been able to launch a new re-source for our coaches – a ‘Football for Development’ coaching manual.There is a huge amount of interest around the world in using football as avehicle for development and we are leading the way. Our next task is to geta corporate sponsor to enable us to roll out the training of our coachesaround the world.

So, you can see we are keeping the pace up and we certainly do not lackmotivation. Whereas Chelsea might be motivated by a desire for silverwarewe at Right To Play have our own principles to remind why we work so hard:

OUR VISIONTo create a healthier and safer world through the power of sport and play.

OUR MISSIONTo improve the lives of children in the most disadvantaged areas of theworld by using the power of sport and play for development.

Right To Play was founded upon these goals and they exist to keep us focu-sed and driven. Many of us in Right To Play are fortunate to able to go astep further and travel overseas to see the work we do in the field.

It is incredibly motivating to see ‘Sport for Development’ in action and real-ly understand at first hand how sport can be used to bring changes in he-alth education, community development and conflict-resolution. In thisedition we feature reports on Right To Play’s work in Lebanon and Zambiaand I hope in some small way we can bring the field experience to you.

Whether as an individual or a representative of an organisation I hope thatthis magazine will inspire you to get involved with Right to Play. There anumber of exciting challenges and events coming up this year that willallow anyone to support the invaluable work we do.

Of course we could not do that work without an excellent supportive Boardled by our Chairman, Carl Liederman and of course a very hard-working andhigh-performing Right To Play UK team.

So ever onwards, I must thank Mike Emery and Tom Palmer for their greatwork on producing this second edition of the Red Ball Magazine and oursponsors – COS - the Complete Office Solution (www.cosgroup.co.uk) – whohave made it possible.

There is so much more to do. We need your help. Join the winning team!

Best wishes

Chris Robinson, National Director, Right To Play UKE: crobinson@righttoplay.com

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ONWARDS AND UPWARDS…

CHRIS ROBINSON, DIRECTOR – RIGHT TO PLAY UK

R IG H T TO P L AY H A S A P E R M A N E N T P R E S E N C E I N T H E W O R L D O F C H I L D R E N ’ S S P O R T A N D P L AY. I N A D D I T IO N TO I T SC H I L D D E V E L O P M E N T P R O G R A M M E S , R IG H T TO P L AY I S E S TA B L IS H E D A S A F O R C E I N I N T E R N AT IO N A L A D V O C AC Y O NB E H A L F O F E V E R Y C H I L D ’ S R IG H T TO P L AY, A N D I S AC T I V E LY I N V O LV E D I N R E S E A R C H A N D P O L IC Y D E V E L O P M E N T I NT H IS A R E A . O U R V I S IO N I S TO E N GAG E L E A D E R S O N A L L S I D E S O F S P O R T, B US I N E S S A N D M E D I A TO E N S U R E E V E R YC H I L D ’ S R IG H T TO P L AY.

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After the 1992 Lillehammer Olympics Johann began working with OlympicAid and during his time as their lead athlete ambassador he became inspi-red to do more. He has since transferred his incredible will to win into aferocious desire to improve the lives of children in the most disadvantagedareas of the world by using the power of sport. He is here to answer threefundamental questions:

WHY?

“When I was eleven, I knew for sure, three things I wanted to do in life. Iwanted to be a world champion skater, to study medicine and to be ofhelp to children. I founded Right to Play so that the world would be a he-althier, safer place for children. I think that can happen through sport andplay. Why? Take a few hundred boys, put them somewhere where there isnowhere else to go and nothing for them to do. What happens next? Theystart looking for trouble. In refugee camps and internally displaced camps all over the world thereare millions of men and boys. They have nothing to strive for, no hope ofa better life, and there is nothing for them to do. Then the problems start.Yet if you can give them something to do, such as taking part in sport andplay, some sense of meaning enters their lives. This is what we are doingin Right to Play, we return that power and courage and strength to youngand old through sport and play.”

HOW?

“At the the heart of our work is providing disadvantaged children with theopportunity to play. But this is only the start. By using specifically de-signed sport and play programs (examples of which you will find later inthis magazine) to improve health, build like skills and foster peace wealso hope to provide children with the opportunity to make fundamentalchanges to their own lives and behaviour. This is a complex process thatrequires time and a commitment to long-term programmes of activity. Tothis end whether in partnership with volunteer coach trainers, schools orcommunity-based NGO’s every step of each project is designed around thelocal people in order to foster a sense of ownership and so ensure sustai-nability. Our programmes are also designed to ensure that they benefit themost vulnerable children including girls, street children, former child com-batants, refugees and children affected by HIV and AIDS.”

WHERE?

“As you can see on the map opposite, together with our Headquarters inToronto and the office in the UK we also have offices placed around theworld. This enables us to implement programs in more than 23 countriesin Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Without the dedicated people likethose that make up the UK team we would not be able to reach as manychildren as we have. The national offices play a vital part in spreading theword of sport-for-development as well raising the all important funds thatfinance the field projects. In addition Right To Play is supported by an in-ternational team of top athletes from more than 40 countries. These athle-tes act as inspirational role models and help raise awareness and fundingfor Right To Play projects.”

THANKS UK TEAM

“I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Chrisand his team for all their hard work. I consider myself extremely fortunateto be part of Right To Play and I hope this magazine will inspire you toget involved in whatever way you can!”

Johann KossFounder and CEO

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RIGHT TO PLAY USES SPECIALLY DESIGNED SPORT AND PLAY PROGRAMMES TO IMPROVE HEALTH,BUILD LIFE SKILLS, AND FOSTERPEACE FOR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY WAR,POVERTY AND DISEASE. ONE OF THEMOST COMMON PROGRAMMES EMPLOYED BY RIGHT TO PLAY IN ITSPROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD IS RED BALL CHILD PLAY. RBCP USES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED GAMES TOPROMOTE INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL,EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOP-MENT IN CHILDREN. HERE ATUHURATADEO FROM THE RIGHT TO PLAY OF-FICE IN UGANDA DESCRIBES HOWRBCP WORKS AND HOW IT IS BEINGUSED TO HELP CHILDREN IN HISCOUNTRY.

Eight year old Oboth Robert lives inan extended family system in Kasubi aKampala suburb. Robert is an orphanand shares the burden with four of hisbrothers. "Caring for my brotherseveryday was such a struggle that Inever had any time to play." saysOboth. He, like many of the childrenin Uganda don’t have the chance toattain all that they want. They lackbasic necessities and do not have theopportunity to fulfil their potential.

Right To Play Uganda works with anumber of partner organisations toreach disadvantaged children andyouths, particularly those not attend-

ing schools, children with disabilities,and those living in poverty. We aim tocomplement and enhance the existingefforts of these organisations.

We work together to train communityworkers, teachers and volunteers ascoaches, able to lead the range of ed-ucational sport and play activitiesprescribed in the RBCP programme.They, in turn, integrate these gamesin to their everyday activities. In ad-dition to regular weekly sessions, weassist our partners in organizing larg-er-scale play days, sports tourna-ments, and other special events. RightTo Play supports communities withsports equipment and basic infra-structure. We also work with them toprovide regular monitoring and evalu-ation of coaches and activities.

We aim to provide regular and inclu-sive sport and play activities as toolsto promote individual and communitycapacity building through a coaching-based approach that increases localleadership and encourages local orga-nizational collaboration. Combinedwith the messages portrayed by theRBCP games it is possible to see tan-gible changes in the lives of vulnera-ble children. RBCP has created a funand effective learning template thatcan be applied to children of all agesand backgrounds.

Established in 2002 in Uganda, there

are currently eight Right To Play proj-ect locations targeting 20,000 –25,000 children and young people. Ineach location, Right To Play trainslocal volunteer coaches in customizedsport and play activities to teach theimportance of healthy child develop-ment, and how to lead and manageregular sport and play activities intheir communities. This training is de-livered by a combination of Interna-tional Volunteers and experiencedRight To Play Local Coaches.

The Red Ball Child Play games are de-signed to enable children in Ugandato identify their rights and obliga-tions. John Muchope, coach and su-pervisor in Hoima believes that basedon this philosophy, lives of childrenespecially the disabled in Hoima dis-trict continue to be improved. "In thepast children with disabilities couldnot play with others; they werelaughed at and always stared at byother children. Now it is possible forthem to freely express themselves andparticipate fully with others. This hastruly proved to me that a skills basedapproach to change is the most effec-tive way that children learn. They ex-perience it, feel it and enjoy it", saysJohn.

The children too have positive thingsto say about the RBCP programme.Oboth especially enjoys the ‘red mindball’ category of games (see oppo-

site), ‘I like that I was encouraged tomake my own decisions. I hope thisgives me the confidence to try andchange things about my life". Chris-tine Amongin, another child fromOboth’s community, says that the‘blue peace ball’ games are herfavourite, "It is important that welearn how to be better at working in ateam – it will help our whole commu-nity." The RBCP information has madeit possible for communities to take re-sponsibility for the holistic develop-ment of their children. They are nowable to find their place amongst theirpeers, and think about their personaldevelopment. In doing this Right ToPlay is helping these children to worktowards a better life.

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P L AY I N G F O R A B E T T E R L I F E I N U G A N D A

"The games contribute hugelyto the all round developmentof the children and given timewe will see changes inbehaviour and healthier atti-tudes towards life"

Alice KansiimeNational Training Officer, Right To Play, Uganda

R E D B A L L C H I L D P L AY : T H IS I S O N E O F T H E T E AC H I N G MO D E L S D E S IG N E D BY R IG H T TO P L AY A N D US E D I N T H E I RP R O G R A M M E S . A L L T H E GA M E S A R E D I V I D E D I N TO 5 C AT E G O R I E S , E A C H I N D I C AT E D BY AD I F F E R E N T BA L L C O L O U R . E AC H C O L O U R R E P R E S E N TS A D I F F E R E N T PA R T O F T H E C H I L D ’ SD E V E L O P M E N T

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JAMES McILROY

JAMES MCILROY AND MO FARMO FARAH AND JAMES MCILROY ARETWO OF THE UK’S MOST TALENTED MID-DLE DISTANCE RUNNERS. MO WAS THEEUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONIN 2006 AND JAMES IS THE UK INDOOR1500M CHAMPION. AS AMBASSADORSFOR RIGHT TO PLAY UK THEY VISITEDPROJECTS IN LIBERIA TO SEE FORTHEMSELVES THE FANTASTIC IMPACTTHAT SPORT HAS ON DISADVANTAGEDCHILDREN. THIS IS THEIR STORY...

ARRIVING IN LIBERIA

Mo and I to flew to Liberia via Brusselswhere we met Pamela Rice and MartinBarnard (from Right To Play’s office inToronto) at the departures gate. Wewere introduced to two other Right ToPlay ambassador’s Whitney Ping(table-tennis) and Adam van Koever-den (canoeing) who would be joiningus on the trip. On arrival in Liberia wewere immediately faced by two famil-iar scenes (if you have ever seen Africaportrayed on TV, that is). First was the

oven-hot blast of air as we left theplane and second was the chaotic, dis-organised scene at the tiny airport.Fortunately this is where the clichésstopped.

After collecting our bags we all de-parted for the hotel, a hour driveaway. It was dark as we arrived andthe abiding memory we had of thejourney was the bumpy roads whichwere severely potholed due to theheavy rain the country receives. Therewere no lights on the road side andcombined with crazy driving and theBBC world service on in the back-ground, it made for an interesting tripas we bundled along in the 4x4.

DAY 1 – THE CHICKEN SOUP COMMUNITY

We were joined the next day by Kai Ka-mara, a footballer and another one ofRight To Play’s ambassadors, who hadflown in from Ghana. After breakfastwe departed for the Right To Play of-fice for more formal introductions anda thorough briefing as to the aims ofthe programmes in Liberia and indeed

our roles as Athlete Ambassadors. Wewent through some of the problemsthe Liberian Right To Play team isfaced with on a daily basis includinghaving to reach communities stuck 13hours away and driving through 5 footdeep flooded potholes. This really didshow the enormity of the task theyface and we were eager to find outhow they had still managed to have animpact on over 70,000 children todate.

After the country director of Liberiafor Right To Play, David Sombie, intro-duced his team to us we set off to ourfirst destination of the day, the 'Chick-en Soup Community'. This area wassimply a football field which duringhalf the year was flooded. We were im-mediately struck by the fact that eventhough the children had so little theyappeared as if they did not want foranything. All were smiling and so ex-cited to see us. This was so touchingand the initial experience bowled usover. The children’s endless enthusi-asm really did infect us and Mo or Icould not stop smiling and laughing.

The local coaches took the time toteach us the Right To Play Red BallChild Play (RBCP) games. They ex-plained how each category of game;red, blue, green, black and yellow fos-tered different qualities such as shar-ing, working together, health educa-tion and leadership. In the afternoonwe had great fun coaching the chil-dren in the games we had learnt (ex-cept for a few translation problemsarising from the children not under-standing my accent). The childrenpicked up the games very quickly andthey all managed to catch us out everytime we played head, shoulders, kneesand toes!

DAY 2 – WESTPOINT COMMUNITY

The next day we had an invitation tomeet the minister of sport for Liberia,Mrs Etmonia Tarpeh, at the nationalstadium. This was of particular inter-est to us as it was really positive to-hear how the minister plans to buildand develop the infrastructure of thecountry. It was also fascinating tohear her positive words to the charity, 10

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ARAH’S DIARY FROM LIBERIAwelcoming us to Liberia and that herone big hope was for the children tonot have their childhoods spoilt by theevils of illness, conflict and poverty.

Our visits that day hit Mo and I quitehard and it really did teach us to countour blessings. Firstly in the afternoonwe went to Westpoint communitywhere we visited a series of tinyschools. I immediately got beaten in asack race by a 9 year old girl whoseemed to be an expert and had defi-nitely competed before.

The next school was my abiding mem-ory of the trip. It was situated at thepoint where all the sewers emptiedinto the sea. The children in theirsmall make-shift classrooms quite sim-ply had nothing and I had to bite mylip as I struggled to comprehend howsport, education or anything could getthem out of this stricken situation.Shakespeare said in Julius Caesar that'everyman deserves a start', it was ap-parent from the Westpoint communitythat some people’s starts are betterthan others! This was the poorest

place I’d ever been to, but whatmoved us most was that they were allso happy and excited. We didn’t seeone child without a smile on theirface.Once again we spent some time play-ing the RBCP games we had beenshown the previous day. The reactionof the children was fantastic. Kai and Ialso got ourselves got involved in a hi-larious tug of war game involving fiftychildren which I think finished hon-ours even at 2-2. Westpoint on thewhole had an immense sense of to-getherness and a real sense of commu-nity which I would class as very 'Irish'and was lovely to witness.

DAY 3 – COLA NUTS AND DANCING!

The next day we had a long journey tothe outskirts of Monrovia where wewere greeted by a welcome dance, andgiven a cola nut each. (Please note,the cola nut is not like the drink, ohno) We weren’t quite sure what the nutwas, only that it was a delicacy and itwas the bitterest thing I’ve ever tast-ed. I must confess to eating only half

of mine but Mo finished his off easily!The main problem with welcomedances is that it is considered goodmanners to reciprocate them, so inturn we had to dance in front of thewhole community, definitely not ahighlight for me. After the dance rou-tine we played the RBCP games withthe children and then finished with agame of football against the children,with the whole community cheering uson.

When we arrived back we had a pressconference for all the national papersand radio stations. Again we weregiven a lovely welcome but also setsome searching questions as to ourmission in Liberia and Right To Play’s-long term role here.

DAY 4 – G O O D BY E TO L I B E R I A

Our last day was spent training on thebeach before retiring to the hotel for adebrief. David Sombie then generouslythanked all the athlete ambassadorsand presented us with Right To Playcertificates.

Although poor, Mo and I found Liberiato also be a beautiful and welcomingcountry. We have so many wonderfulmemories of our time there and haveforged friendships in a situation whichwas having a very positive impact oneveryone involved.

Mo and I would like to extend our sin-cerest thanks to Martin and Pamela forall their help and support throughoutthe trip and to Ben Pegna, from the UKOffice who helped with everythingback at home. Without them it wouldhave been a much more difficultproposition. Neither Mo or I can waitfor our next trip!

Mo and James' visit to Liberiawas a fantastic experience forboth them and the children andwe hope to be able to repeat thissuccess with more of our athleteambassadors later this year.Watch this space!

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It is easy to laugh now, sat in thewarm embrace of The Old Forge Inn,"the most remote pub in mainlandBritain" but the previous four days hadbeen a tough test of endurance andteam work.

Our band of ten gathered at Glasgowairport having made our separate waysfrom various parts of the UK, jumpedaboard a mini-bus and set off towardsMallaig in North West Scotland. Threehours later, following a great deal oflaughter and bonding, and some of themost incredible scenery, we reachedthe small port of Mallaig and our hos-tel. After a pre-brief and a muchneeded tenting lesson from our teamleaders – Aneal and Kate – we enjoyeda last morale boosting pint in theForge.

The following morning, bright andearly, packs were loaded onto ourbacks on the shore of the spectacularLoch Nevis and we set off with enthu-siasm. After a few hours we stoppedfor an enjoyable lunch break in thewarm and unexpected, sunshine. Thenafter a brief descent along the side ofthe estuary, we arrived at our firstclimb. Soon we were starting to realisethat paths were a luxury not to be af-forded us for the next three days. Ourswas to be a world where bog, grass,and slippery rocks are the only routes.The going was slow and arduous butthe views from the top were more thanample reward. Soon it was time to getdown to lower ground and our firstcamp, we pitched up, earned a Miche-lin star or two for our culinary effortsand settled in our tents for the night.

The next day, it was up with the larks,pack up and head off. We began ‘con-touring’ along the side of the estuary,at times across the seaweed coveredrocks themselves until the tide hadgone out sufficiently for us to headstraight across to the beach on theother side and our lunch. All too soonwe were off again, this time acrosswhat appeared to be swampland.Though this was tough, it was a goodjob we didn’t realise what lay ahead –the first of our higher climbs – 650metres up. Spurred on by the ‘melodi-ous’ singing of Mike, Aneal, and my-self; we soon made it to the top. Aquick stop for a few photos and it wasdown into the valley to pitch camp bythe side of a VERY cold river, eat din-ner, and hit the sack.

The next day and there was a splitamongst the camp. Half of the groupheaded straight down the valley andmade their way into the village of In-verie, where the bunkhouse awaitedthem. The rest of us persuaded Kateto lead us to the top of the mountainimmediately to our right, a climb ofsome 750 metres. Close to the peak wewere greeted by the magnificent sightof a mature stag leading his herdalong the ridge. With this incrediblesight etched in our memories webegan our descent and reached thepath – our first for days. This we hap-pily followed all the way to the villageof Inverie and back to The Old Forgewhere I begun this tale.

On behalf of my expedition colleagues– Mike, Marie-Louise, Tony, Ron,Aneal, Kate, Paul, Ian, Eddie and me(James Emery) – I can wholly and

without reservation recommend takingpart in a Right To Play Expedition. Wedidn’t stop laughing for three days andcertain memories still bring a chuckleto me now. I made great friends, sawa beautifully rugged and largely inac-cessible part of Britain, and achievedsomething to be proud of.

Most importantly we raised almost£10,000 for Right to Play and I knowthat they will ensure that every pennybenefits the children of Sierra Leone.

Thanks everybody!

James Emery, COS – the Complete Office Solutionwww.cosgroup.co.uk

O F T E N D E S C R I B E D A S ‘ B R I TA I N ’ S L A S TW I L D E R N E S S ’ T H E K N O Y D A R T R E G I O N O FT H E S C O T T I S H H I G H L A N D S WA S T H E D E S T I -N AT I O N L A S T S E P T E M B E R F O R A N E A G E RT E A M O F R I G H T T O P L AY C H A L L E N G E R S .T H E I R G O A L - T O R A I S E A S M U C H M O N E Y A SP O S S I B L E F O R C H I L D R E N I N S I E R R A L E O N E .O N E O F T H E I N T R E P I D T R E K K E R S , J A M E SE M E R Y, D E S C R I B E S T H E I R E X P E R I E N C E . .

CHARITY CHALLENGE - £10,000 RAISED!

THE RTP KNOYDART EXPEDITION

The money raised by James andthe team will go towards Right toPlay’s target of surpassing the40,000 children reached by ourSport and Play programmes inSierra Leone during 2007.

If you would like to take part inadventure in support of Right toPlay check out our website formore information.

www.righttoplay.org.uk/rtp-charity-challenges

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All proceeds from this event will go to currentRight To Play projects around the world.

There are only 16 places and they are disappearing fast!

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In January 2008 a very important andexciting partnership was formed. Rightto Play appointed Pitch PR to under-take a major consumer and corporatePR campaign to support their work inthe UK.

Pitch has been appointed to signifi-cantly increase awareness of Right ToPlay in the UK, and the two organiza-tions, united in their belief in the truepower and universal language of sport,will work together to help Right toPlay reach its fund-raising targets in2008. The PR campaign will includethe promotion of the charity throughits athlete ambassadors, including theEngland international footballer FrankLampard, 5,000m runner Mo Farah andformer England cricketer DarrenGough, and to maximise opportunitiesaround Right To Play’s official relation-ships with sports organisations, suchas Chelsea FC.

Pitch PR will devise and execute PRcampaigns around a number of specif-ic initiatives that Right To Play arelaunching in 2008; including an exhi-

bition of behind-the-scenes photo-graphs taken by top sportsmen andwomen in partnership with Nikon, anda major pro-celebrity golf event at theCeltic Manor Resort, home of the 2010Ryder Cup.

Chris Robinson, National Director forRight To Play UK is aware of the impor-tance of this partnership. "The ap-pointment of Pitch PR will significant-ly raise our profile" says Chris, "andwill help people in the UK to have amuch better understanding of ourwork, our objectives and our missionto improve the lives of children in themost disadvantaged areas of the worldby using the power of sport and playfor development, health and peace.

"Pitch has developed impressive con-tacts across all sectors of the mediaand is the leading PR agency workingin sport in the UK. The agency willprovide valuable additional resource toour marketing efforts and we are de-lighted to be working with them."Pitch is the UK’s leading independent-ly-owned communications consultancy

in sport. The agency was founded byHenry Chappell in 2002 with the back-ing of Matthew Freud, Chairman ofFreud Communications. Chappell, 33,started his career at IMG, the leadingsports management group, and is aformer Director at Freud’s.

Pitch’s clients include major brandssuch as ABN AMRO, Hugo Boss, Skan-dia and Sony Ericsson, sports organi-sations such as Chelsea FC, the Brazil-ian Football Federation, MCC and the

NBA, media companies such as SportMagazine and Racing UK, and sportspersonalities including Rio Ferdinand.

The partnership promises to be a verysuccessful one for Right To Play. To-gether Pitch PR and RTP can raise theprofile of the use of sport for develop-ment and can raise funds to help RightTo Play to take the joy and power ofplay and sport to thousands more chil-dren across the globe. Exciting timeslie ahead...

A WINNING PARTNERSHIP

I am very excited about our partnership with Right To Play UK. We haveembarked on a journey together to raise public and media awareness ofthe work Right To Play does around the world and to help them reachtheir fundraising targets.

All the guys and girls at the agency have been challenged to come upwith some creative fundraising mechanics that they can undertake overthe next 12 months. We have some fantastic ideas in the pipeline sowatch this space!

Henry ChappellManaging Director, PITCH

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L I K E R I G H T TO P L AY, P I T C H A R E AT T H E C U T T I N G E D G E O F T H E I RF I E L D A N D TO G E T H E R W E A R E P US H I N G T H E B O U N DA R I E S O F W H AT I SK N O W N A B O U T T H E F A N TA S T I C W O R K O F R I G H T TO P L AY.F U R T H E R M O R E P I T C H H AV E R E C E N T LY I N V I T E D R I G H T TO P L AY TOS H A R E T H E I R O F F I C E S A N D S O W E W O R K I N G E V E N C L O S E R T H A N E V E R .

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A D I DA S W O M E N ’ S C H A L L E N G E

Money raised: £3000

Congratulations to all of the 60 womenwho completed the Adidas Women'sChallenge in London, Birmingham andLiverpool on Sunday 16th Septemberfor Right To Play. What an amazingturn out, the biggest ever!

The day was brightened by the Sep-tember sunshine and the family picnicafterwards in Hyde Park was a greatsuccess. Between them the ladiesraised over £3,000 to help Right ToPlay reach more children and commu-nities affected by war, poverty,disease.

Held every September in London,Birmingham and Liverpool, the AdidasWomen’s Challenge is a superb 5kmrace coordinated by the organisers ofthe Flora London Marathon. It is atruly fun-filled day out that has intro-duced so many women to the benefitsof running and, indeed, many havethen gone on to run the Marathon it-self the following year!

Every runner is a star in our eyes anddeserving of our deepest gratitude.Completing the 5k and raising signifi-cant amounts of sponsorship is a won-derful personal achievement. Whateveryour age, your fitness or running abili-ty, the Adidas Women’s Challenge is agreat day out for women of all ages.You can have fun and feel great, know-ing that you are taking action that canreally make a difference.

If you are interested in running forRight To Play in the 2008 AdidasWomen’s Challenge, turn to the HowYou Can Get Involved section on pg28.

THE TOP 3 FUNDRAISERS WERE:

SA R A H L A R G E

H A R R I E T H E W I TS O N

SYNNØVE HORNE R I ZO - PATRON

A S K . C O M E N D O F S E A S O NPA R T Y

Money Raised: £2000

As official sponsors of the EnglandCricket Team, ASK.COM, one of theUK’s leading search engines, held anend of season party at Vinopolis, tocelebrate the end of the summer se-ries. The party was held for their brandambassador and our athlete ambassa-dor Alastair Cook, and included anauction with proceeds going towardsRight To Play.

The guests included Right To Play am-bassadors Adi Adepitan as well asAlastair Cook and some of his EnglandCricket teammates – captain PaulCollingwood, Monty Panesar, Ian Bell,Dimitri Mascarenhas and Ravi Bopara.

It was a fun night for cricketers andguests alike, with champagne flowingand interactive games to get involvedin. Over the summer Ask.com hostedvarious challenges for Alistair Cook,which were replicated on the night forguests to experience. The centre of at-tention, however, was the 10ftAsk.com/Right To Play cricket catchingmachine – an inflatable contraptionwhich proved very popular, especiallywith Olympic gold medal-winningrower James Cracknell! (pictured)

The night was rounded off with asilent auction, with exclusive memora-bilia from the cricketers, and Right ToPlay’s friends at Chelsea FC, up forgrabs - over £2,000 was raised on thenight. Ask.com has partnered withRight To Play to raise awareness and

funds, signaling a joint commitmentto improving the lives of children inthe most disadvantaged areas of theworld.

T I M ’ S T R I P

To take 4 years to get from Britain toMadagascar is slow-going by anyone’sstandards. But Tim Hull has good rea-son to take his time – it is his person-al mission to seek out, observe andplay games across the globe that tellus about our history, culture and psy-che. Through the films he makes alongthe way he aims to raise awarenessabout the work of Right To Play – acause that he now feels passionatelyabout.

The computer games designer turnedglobetrotting, motorcycling, anthro-pologist filmmaker has finally arrived

in Madagascar after four years travel-ling overland through Europe and Africa on his Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle. It is his personal missionto make films in every country he vis-its about indigenous games that re-flects the culture of the people whoplay them. The games and sports hefinds are as wild and varied as you'dexpect the places and people to be. Weare now working with Tim in linkingRight To Play with some of the com-munities that he has encountered onhis travels.

To view his films just go to his websiteat www.globaltimoto.com

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R I G H T T O P L AY N E W S I M P O R TA N T N E W S

Right To Play UK havemoved offices. Our newoffice address is:

Right To Play UK39-43 Brewer StreetLondonW1F 9UD

Our new telephonenumber is:

0207 734 7946

THE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL A R E N A A N D R IG H T TO P L AY

Last November, the International Foot-ball Arena, a leading football industrybody, held a VIP charity dinner alongsideit’s annual conference in Zurich. They or-ganised a number of events including anauction of signed sporting memorabiliaand succeeded in raising in excess of£7,000 for Right To Play. This was a fan-tastic achievement and we would like tothank the IFA for choosing Right To Playas their official charity partner. The con-ference itself included a debate surroun-ding the role that social responsibilityhas in football.

G T V A N D R IG H T TO P L AY

Mike Emery from Right To Playattended the launch of GTV’s

programming in Ghana in September2007; and he and the team enjoyed afantastic trip to see Right To Play’sfield projects.

GTV are a new digital TV service inAfrica. They launched in 2007 and arenow broadcasting to thousands ofsubscribes across Africa. GTV own therights for the English Premiershipacross the whole of sub-Saharan Africa(with the exception of Nigeria andSouth Africa), and are committed, likeRight To Play, to taking the unique andunifying force of football to hundredsand thousands of people.

In June 2007, RTP and GTV joinedforces! In 2007, GTV, led by their CEOJulian McIntyre, supported Right ToPlay’s programmes. We will worktogether in 2008 and 2009 and arecommitted to helping children enjoythe power of sport and play andtogether GTV and RTP will make amassive difference to the lives ofdisadvantaged children in Africa.

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C O M I N G U P I N 2 0 0 8S P R I N G 2 0 0 8London Marathon – April 13th

Good luck all those who are running for Right To Play in this year’s LondonMarathon. If you wish to support any of our runners our website has links toall their fundraising pages. Just go to www.righttoplay.org.uk/running-for-rtp

Right To Play World Cup – May 23rd

Once again we are staging our corporate World Cup with our partners ChelseaFC. If you would like the chance to play on the hallowed turf of StamfordBridge check out pg 16 of this magazine or go to www.righttoplay.org.uk/righttoplayworldcup

S U M M E R 2 0 0 8Snowdonia 10 Peaks Challenge17th – 20th July ’08

An amazing weekend of highs and... more highs! This challenge trek will seeyou crossing the breadth of rugged and exciting Snowdonia and summiting 10of the highest peaks in Wales. Don’t miss the chance to do something truly un-forgettable for a great cause and challenge yourself in the name of Right ToPlay

The London Triathlon – August 9th & 10th

Would you like to swim, cycle and run around our fantastic capital. We have 30places for this year’s triathlon to give away to willing fundraisers. In additionto a place at the event and a lovely Right To Play running vest you will receiveall the best training and racing advice from our own ambassador and winner ofthe 2006 London Triathlon, Henrik De Villiers.

Canoe the River Wye – August 29th - 31st

How about a wicked weekend on the River Wye, camping beneath the stars,enjoying the British Summer at it’s best and paddling down one of the finestrivers in Britain? Right To Play wants to send 40 lucky people down the RiverWye. Get your friend and colleagues involved and start raising money for RightTo Play.

Find out more about all these fantasticchallenges and more on our websitew w w . r i g h t t o p l a y . o r g . u k

Or contact Mike Emery on memery@righttoplay.com

Tim Hull (with his trusty bike) raisingthe profile of Right To Play throughoutAfrica. Thank you Tim.

The Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group was createdin 2004 to engage and work with national governments on policy recommenda-tions to support the integration of sport and physical activity into their nation-al and international development strategies and programs. The work of the SDPIWG will culminate in the presentation of a comprehensive set of policy recom-mendations to national governments at the 2008 Beijing Summer OlympicGames.

S D P I W G N E W S

Literature reviews commissioned by the SDP IWG, which explore sport’s impactas a tool for development in five thematic areas, are now complete. The re-views, which were developed by the University of Toronto, are available online:http://iwg.sportanddev.org

The Secretariat is pleased to announce the launch of From the Field: Sport forDevelopment and Peace in Action, a publication highlighting the impacts andlessons learned from 31 Sport for Development and Peace projects and pro-grams around the world. The publication, which is now being circulated widely,is available on request by emailing: IWGsecretariat@righttoplay.com

European Union Ministers of Sport Embrace the White Paper Sport Ministers ofthe European Union met on October 25, 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal to discuss theWhite Paper on Sport—an initiative of the European Commission. The Paper,which represents a vision of sports in Europe, will be instrumental in the devel-opment of an action programme on Sport for Development in Europe.

We know that sport works (we see it on the faces of the children who takespart in our games every day) but to secure the funding required to reach moreand more children we need to be able to convince others of its effectiveness ina development context. The SDPIWG directs much its efforts into advocatingthe development potential of sport. It does this by building an evidence basein support of sport for development as well as increasing the number of govern-ments with which it engages.

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SDPIWG UPDATER IG H T TO P L AY I S AT T H E F O R E F R O N T O F S P O R T- F O R - D E V E L O P M E N T. TO E N S U R E M A X I M U M I M PAC T O F O U R P R O G R A MS W E TA K EA N AC T I V E R O L E I N D R I V I N G R E S E A R C H A N D P O L IC Y D E V E L O P M E N T I N T H IS A R E A A N D S U P P O R T I N G C H I L D R E N ’ S R IG H TS .

A S T H E S E C R E TA R I AT A N D T H E S I N G L E B IG G E S T C O N T R I B U TO R TO T H E S P O R T F O R D E V E L O P M E N T A N D P E AC E I N T E R N AT IO N A LW O R K I N G G R O U P ( S D P I W G ) W E C O N S IS T E N T LY S T R I V E TO P US H T H IS N E W A N D E XC I T I N G F I E L D F O R WA R D A N D I N D O I N G S OL E A R N HO W W E C A N D E L I V E R O U R P R O G R A M M E S MO R E E F F E C T I V E LY.

T H E S D P I W G – W H AT I S I T A N D HO W D O E S I T W O R K ?

RIGHT TO PLAY IN THE UK, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REST OF THE ORGANISATION, IS CONTINUALLY STRIVING TOMONITOR AND EVALUATE ITS INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS.HERE GIDEON ABATE DISCUSSES HOW OUR ACTIVITY CARDPROGRAMME IS DELIVERING RESULTS:

As an international charity, Right To Play works with over 500,000 children inover 23 countries. With an aim to grow even further, and expand our work toreach up to 4 million children over the next 5 years; we need to ensure that ourprograms are beneficial to the children we work with and are being delivered ef-ficiently and effectively.

To date, we have been using a simple paper-based registration system to con-duct our monitoring and evaluation programs in our projects worldwide. Thishas been an effective tool to keep track of our progress. However, our currentmonitoring and evaluation systems were weak because they are paper-based,labor intensive, time consuming and require a level of literacy which not all ofour community coaches might have. In order to address these issues, Right ToPlay UK; in collaboration with Right To Play Netherlands and Atos Origin, havebeen developing a technology-based approach to monitoring our programs thatis accurate, does not rely on literacy, and aims to be a cost effective solution. Currently in prototype design and being piloted in two countries, The ActivityCard System (ACS) is a project designed to aid the accurate and effective meas-urement of activity in international sport for development contexts. These con-texts in fact vary widely and this in itself is a major challenge. This has meantthat assumptions have had to be made during the initial conception and devel-opment phase of it’s lifetime. Never the less, the ACS uses a number of compo-nents in order to conduct monitoring of our programs.

These components are the Activity Cards - uniquely identified cards that will beassigned to all coaches and children. Secondly, we use a scanner loaded with acustom application that reads and stores the required information. There is aweb-based database server used to store and analyze scanned data from proj-ects. Lastly, Log Books which are specially formulated booklets contain the re-quired instructions and variables used to monitor programs and child attendanceto activity sessions. Together these components allow local and internationalstaff to keep track of Right To Play’s implementation programs worldwide in areal-time manner.

In order to test the Activity Card System, Right To Play has been conductingpilot implementations in Zambia and Ghana for over 4 months, with very positivefeedback from all those involved. One of the key advantages of the system isthat relatively little training is needed for Right To Play coaches. This is due tothe similarities with our current system of paper-based tracking system. Formany coaches, these similarities have ensured that the Activity Card when im-plemented is easy to learn and does not become a burden on the activities it ismeant to keep track of.

To date, the pilot implementation has gone extremely well in both Zambia andGhana. In both countries coaches have immediately been able to realize a dif-ference in how the children respond to Right To Play activities. In Zambia, ac-cording to Right To Play Volunteer Coach, Godfrey Shantontola of Chawama Com-munity, the ACS is working very well, "The number of children coming for ses-sions is improving steadily and this is because of the cards that most childrensee with their friends," he said. Shantontola further explained that the intro-

duction of cards has attracted more children and numbers have increased sincethe system was introduced. "The children are interested in having the cards andthey look at it as something good to have a card with them."

In Ghana, where the pilot implementation started later, the coaches have alsoseen a marked improvement in the attendance of children to the activity ses-sions. In fact, for many of the coaches trained, they are encountering over-whelming numbers of children to their activity sessions and have asked thatmore coaches be trained in the use of the ACS. As Ebenezer Quaynor describedin his reporting from Ghana, "There was one theme which runs throughout theschools we have distributed the Activity Cards to the children; they want tohave more of the cards as some children feel they have been left out. This hasalso led to increased participation in RTP games as children are keen to be rec-ognized and issued an Activity Card."

The ACS, has not only increased thenumber of children attending RTP ac-tivity sessions, but has also reducedthe administrative burden that apaper based tracking system entails.In fact, the ACS has proven to reducethe amount of time needed by bothcoaches and local country staff togather and disseminate informationglobally. This is thanks to the contin-ued development of the ACS user in-terface, which is being designed toallow further real-time data analysis.

What is the future of the ActivityCard? Currently we are continuing withthe development of our data gather-ing processes in order to further auto-mate many of the functions. Not onlythat, we are also in the process oflooking to redevelop our scannertechnology in order to drive downcosts to our required "less than £1 perchild" ideal. To date our progress isdriven by the generosity of Atos Originwho have donated significant pro-gramming time and expertise to theproject. Our next goal is to bring onanother partner who will also be ableto contribute to the future successand development of the Activity CardSystem.

MEASURINGSUCCESS

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A L L P L AY E R S , E XC E P T O N E , S TA N D I N A R I N G . A R O U N D T H E F E E T O F E V E R Y P L AY E R I N T H E R I N G A C I R C L E I S D R AW NW I T H A P I E C E O F C H A L K ( O R E AC H P L AY E R S TA N D S I N A H U L A HO O P ) .E AC H P L AY E R G E TS T H E N A M E O F A F R U I T. O N E A F T E R T H E OT H E R A L LG E T A N A M E ( O R A N G E , BA N A N A , A P P L E E TC … )A S A R E M I N D E R O F W HO S E F R U I T I S W H IC H , T H E F I R S T L E T T E R O F T H EF R U I T I S D R AW N I N F R O N T O F T H E C I R C L E .T H E P L AY E R I N T H E M I D D L E D O E S NOT H AV E H IS O W N C I R C L E , B U TH A S TO T R Y TO TA K E O V E R O N E O F A NOT H E R P L AY E R . W H E N H E C A L L ST H E N A M E O F A P I E C E O F F R U I T, A L L P L AY E R S W I T H T H AT N A M E H AV ETO C H A N G E P L AC E S A S Q U IC K LY A S P O S S I B L E . T H E P L AY E R I N T H EM I D D L E NO W C A N T R Y TO TA K E O V E R O N E O F T H E C I R C L E S S O T H ATS O M E O N E E L S E I S L E F T TO TA K E A T U R N I N T H E M I D D L E .W H E N T H E P L AY E R I N T H E M I D D L E C A L L ‘ F R U I T B O W L’ , A L L H AV E TOC H A N G E C I R C L E S .

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P L AY I N G F O R P E AC E

Of all the difficult places that Right ToPlay works, Lebanon is certainlyamongst the most challenging. Ongo-ing political instability and violencehas created a demanding environmentfor Right To Play to implement its pro-grammes. Despite these hardships thehard work of the national office inLebanon is paying off and on Septem-ber 21st they celebrated the Interna-tional Day of Peace by holding a Matchfor Peace – bringing togetherLebanese and Palestinian children toplay together for the first time.

Lebanon is a country recovering fromyears of war within its borders. Gener-ations of Lebanese children have suf-fered through a series of internal andexternal conflicts since 1975 It is esti-mated that 200,000 people remain ina situation of displacement followingthe summer 2006 war. In addition,since May 2007, more than 31,000Palestinians were displaced as a resultof fighting between the Lebanese armyand the militant group, Fateh al Islamin northern Lebanon .

Palestine refugees living in Lebanonexperience fear, violence and pro-longed uncertainty about their futurewhich often leads to loneliness, stressand boredom. In addition, due toovercrowding, children have limitedaccess to play spaces either inside oroutside of school. There is a shortageof trained coaches and physical educa-tion teachers to lead activities, andaccess to sport equipment and infra-structure is limited. Furthermore, al-though they share similar experiences,Lebanese IDPs and Palestine refugeeshave minimal interaction with one an-other, which can lead to misunder-standings and conflict.

In a bid to address these issues RightTo Play has been implementing pro-grammes designed to build local ca-pacity to lead sport and play program-ming for children; contribute to physi-cal fitness; and enhance the psycho-logical capacities of all people, youngand old. Also, by involving parents,elders and community members insport and play activities, children have the opportunity to establish

strong, healthy bonds with adults.By working in refugee and IDP commu-nities and schools, Right To Play is en-hancing healthy child development byfocussing on the attributes shared byboth sport and social cooperation:respect, teamwork, patience andempathy.

RIGHT TO PLAY IS COMMITTED TO INCREASING SPORT AND PLAY OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN INTHE MIDDLE EAST. SINCE 2004, RIGHT TO PLAY HAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS INMANY AREAS, INCLUDING THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY (2004), LEBANON (2006) DUBAI,U.A.E (2006), AND MOST RECENTLY IN JORDAN (LATE-2006). IN JANUARY, 2007 RIGHT TO PLAY ES-TABLISHED A MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL OFFICE IN LEBANON TO BUILD FIELD-BASED CAPACITY ANDFURTHER ENHANCE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION.

RIGHT TO PLAY’S PROGRAMMING IN LEBANON IS SUPPORTED BY A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITHUNRWA. AFTER THREE YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION DELIVERING SPORT AND PLAY PRO-GRAMMING FOR CHILDREN IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, AND MOST RECENTLY IN JOR-DAN, UNRWA WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE STRONG OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO RIGHT TO PLAY IN IM-PLEMENTING PROGRAMS IN LEBANON.

MATCH FOR PEACE

IN ADDITION TO REGULAR WEEKLYACTIVITIES RIGHT TO PLAY ORGANISESPECIAL EVENTS TO RAISE ITS PRO-FILE OR ATTRACT A LARGE NUMBEROF CHILDREN ALL AT ONCE. ONESUCH EVENT TOOK PLACE ON LASTYEAR’S INTERNATIONAL DAY OFPEACE.

IN A BID TO FURTHER INTEGRATEPALESTINIAN REFUGEES INTOLEBANESE SOCIETY RIGHT TO PLAYCELEBRATED THE INTERNATIONALDAY OF PEACE BY HOLDING A FOOT-BALL TOURNAMENT IN TRIPOLI,NORTH LEBANON BETWEEN A RE-GIONAL U13 TEAM AND A TEAM OFPALESTINIAN DISPLACED CHILDRENTRAINED BY RTP PROJECT COORDINA-TORS FROM REFUGEE CAMPS IN THENORTH.

JIHAD HAIDAR, THE PROGRAM MAN-AGER OF RIGHT TO PLAY INLEBANON, EXPLAINED THE OBJECTIVEOF THE GAME, "WE WANT TO BRINGTOGETHER CHILDREN FROM THECAMPS WHO ARE UNDERGOING AVERY CRITICAL PHASE AND SUFFER-ING OF DISPLACEMENT WITH THELEBANESE CHILDREN WHO FEEL THEPALESTINIANS HAVE BECOME THEIRENEMIES."

ISMAIL QORTAM, TRAINER ANDCOACH OF THE LEBANESE TEAM ANDA PALESTINIAN REFUGEE HIMSELFEXPRESSED HIS RELIEF AND SATIS-FACTION REGARDING THE GAME. HEEMPHASIZED THAT, "THE FINAL RE-SULT IS NOT IMPORTANT. WHAT REAL-LY MATTERED IS THE GAME ITSELF."HE SAID IT WASN’T EASY TO GATHERTHE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN WITHTHE LEBANESE. "WHETHER WE LIKEDIT OR NOT, CHILDREN FOLLOW THENEWS AND BECOME GREATLY AFFECT-ED", HE EXPLAINED.

RIGHT TO PLAY PROJECT COORDINA-TORS IN THE NORTH, TAREK ANDACHRAF, TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFI-CULTY THEY FACED IN FORMING THETEAM. "CLUBS", THEY SAID, "WOULDNOT ALLOW THEIR PLAYERS TO EN-GAGE IN PLAYING AS PART OF AN-OTHER RIVAL TEAM. BUT HAVINGCONFIDENCE IN RTP HAS GREATLYHELPED IN GATHERING TOGETHERTHE CHILDREN."

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SNOWDONIA 10 PEAK CHALLENGE Fantastic Aventure in North Wales July 17th - 20th

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KILIMANJARO SUMMIT CLIMB The ultimate challenge for any adventurer September 10th - 21st

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DONATE TO RIGHT TO PLAY UK

Right To Play programmes help to create a healthier and safer world through the power of sport and play; but we need your help. You can be part of some-thing special. Help build communities; help teach children about HIV/Aids; help children forget the horrors of war; and help us provide the most disadvan-taged children of the world with their right to play

If you would like to make a donation to Right To Play UK

Go to our website www.righttoplay.org.uk and click the Donate Now on the left of the page.

If you would to send us a cheque, please make it payable to Right To Play UK and send it to: Right To Play UK39-43 Brewer StreetLondonW1F 9UD

CORPORATE SUPPORT

More than 1.5 billion people watched the final of the 2006 Football World Cup. Sport, like nothing else gets people’s attention. It is a common languagethroughout the world and it speaks to everyone from the kids involved in our programmes to your friends and colleagues at work.

There are many ways in which your company and colleagues can support our work:Employee volunteeringTake part in our fundraising eventsInvolve your customers with cause related marketingDonate products and services

All of these activities will help reinforce your social responsibility credentials, strengthen the loyalty of your customers and motivate your workforce.

Why not contact us and discuss how your business and Right To Play can work together in a bid to further both our common goals. We have successful part-nerships with Chelsea Football Club, Reuters, Nikon, Pitch PR and ASK.com and want more to come on board this year

Please email our Director Chris Robinson at crobinson@righttoplay.com

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For more info email Mike Emery at memery@righttoplay.com or visit our website www.righttoplay.org.uk

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RIGHT TO PLAYHOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?

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Name: Chemmy AlcottAge: 25Hometown: LondonSport: Alpine/Downhill skiingGreatest Achievement: 11th at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin

Q. Who inspired you to become a professional athlete? A. My mother - she was an athlete herself (a swimmer) and knew how much supportto give me to help me fulfil my ambitions.

Q. How has playing sport/being a professional athlete changed you as a person? A. You realise how much you can influence and help others by being a role model. Italways surprises me when I hear younger athletes aiming to be just like me -why belike me - why not be better!

Q. How long have you been involved with Right To Play?A. Only six months.

Q. What made you want to be involved with Right To Play? A. There are so many charities out there that do amazing things but Right To Play issomething close to my heart - being obsessed with sport I believe everyone has theright to play, smile and enjoy sport.

Q. What have been the highlights of working with RTP so far? A. As a rookie I am getting more involved day by day - starting with the Nikonproject and I am hoping to use my two weeks off next year to go on a field trip tovisit some projects and to do some hands-on work. I am very excited about that!

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PROFILE ATHLETE AMBASSADOR

C H E M M Y A L C O T T B R I TA I N ’ S # 1 F E M A L E S K I E RRIGHT TO PLAY UK’S ATHLETE AMBASSADORS SERVE TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDING FOR RIGHTTO PLAY. CHEMMY ALCOTT, BRITAIN’S NUMBER ONE FEMALE SKIER AND FIVE TIMES NATIONAL CHAMPION,IS A NEW ADDITION TO OUR TEAM OF AMBASSADORS AND IS KEEN TO GET INVOLVED.

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NIKONTHE RIGHT TO PLAY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

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The partnership will focus on a projectinvolving ten of Right To Play UK’sAthlete Ambassadors. Nikon haveagreed to loan them some of their topof the range cameras and they will becharged with recording their lives onfilm for nine months between Januaryand September.

The goal is to capture the full pictureof an athlete’s life, both in and out ofcompetition, across a broad array ofsports. From the lonely, dark, coldwinter training sessions, through tothe finals of the Olympics in Beijing infront of the world’s spotlight, the proj-ect will be an exclusive opportunityfor the public to see behind the scenesinto the everyday existence of a topathlete.

We want the athletes to give the view-er a real insight into what it takes andwhat it involves to live their lives.

The ten best photos from each athletewill be selected by a panel of judgesand in association with Nikon will beexhibited in London. Even more excit-ingly for Right To Play is that theseimages will be signed by the athletesat an exclusive gala reception in No-vember. With the athletes in atten-dance, the photos will be auctionedand the money donated to Right ToPlay. At the same time a book of thebest images captured will be producedwith all proceeds raised going to ourprojects around the world.

Our Athlete Ambassadors our clamour-ing to be involved in such an interest-ing project. Britain’s number skier andmiddle distance runner, Chemmy Al-cott and Mo Farah respectively, will be taking part. In addition Sebastien

Foucan the freerunner is confirmed, asis Ade Adepitan the wheelchair basket-ball player and television star. LizYelling the GB marathon runner; DanielLeo, the Wasps and Samoan rugbyplayer; and Michael Essien the Chelseaand Ghanaian global football superstarwill also be given cameras.

Watch this space and we will keep youposted as to the Athlete’s progress andlet you have a sneak preview of thesome of the best photos throughoutthe year!

Athlete Ambassador - Sébastien Foucan(Founder of Freerunning, and star of the movie Casino Royale)

gets to grips with his new Nikon F40 camera

R IG H T TO P L AY A R E P R O U D TO A N NO U N C E

A N E W C O R P O R AT E PA R T N E R S H I P – T H I S

T I M E W I T H T H E I N T E R N AT I O N A L C A M E R A

M A N U FAC T U R E R , N I KO N .

ARGENTINA

- JIMENA FLORIT (MOUNTAIN BIKING) - RUBEN GONZALEZ (LUGE) |

AUSTRALIA - NATALIE COOK (BEACH VOLLEYBALL) - HAMISH MACDONALD (PARALYMPIC ATHLETICS,

SHOTPUT, DISCUS) - IAN THORPE (SWIMMING) | AUSTRIA - OLIVER STAMM (BEACH VOLLEYBALL) | BELGIUM - PIETER GYSEL

(SPEED SKATING) - JOERI JANSEN (ATHLETICS, 800M) - BART VELDKAMP (SPEED SKATING) | BOTSWANA - KHUMISO IKGOPOLENG (BOXING) -

CAMEROON - ROGER MILLA (FOOTBALL) | CANADA - LINDSAY ALCOCK (SKELETON) - SUSAN AUCH (SPEED SKATING) - DONOVAN BAILEY (ATHLETICS, 100M) -

KIARA BISARO (CYCLING) - MICHAEL BARRY CYCLING) - JASPER BLAKE (TRIATHLON) - JENNIFER BOTTERILL (HOCKEY) - VERONICA BRENNER (AERIALS) - EMILY BRYDON

(ALPINE SKIING) - JOHN CHILD (BEACH VOLLEYBALL) - BRYAN CRAWFORD (CFL FOOTBALL, TORONTO ARGONAUTS) - CHARMAINE CROOKS (ATHLETICS, 800M) - ARNE DANKERS (SPEED

SKATING) - DEIDRA DIONNE (AERIALS) - SHARON DONNELLY (TRIATHLON) - NIKKI DRYDEN (SWIMMING) - LORI DUPUIS (HOCKEY) - MARSHALL ENNIS (STRONGMAN) - ANDREW FERENCE (HOCKEY ,

BOSTON BRUINS) - WAYNE GRETZKY (HOCKEY) - KRISTINA GROVES (SPEED SKATING) - ANDREW HALEY (SWIMMING) - CARLI HALPENNY (ROWING) - CURT HARNETT (CYCLING) - GERALDINE HEANEY (HOCKEY)

- MARK HEESE (BEACH VOLLEYBALL) - JAYNA HEFFORD (HOCKEY) - JENNIFER HEIL (MOGULS) - CHERENE HIESL (SOFTBALL) - CHARMAINE HOOPER (FOOTBALL) - MATT HUANG (SWIMMING) - CLARA HUGHES (SPEED

SKATING, CYCLING) - BENOIT HUOT (PARALYMPIC SWIMMING) - DANIEL IGALI (WRESTLING) - DAVE KAY (ROWING) - TRACEY KELUSKY (LACROSSE) - SABRINA KOLKER (ROWING) - ADAM KREEK (ROWING) - SARAH LANG (SPEED

SKATING) - SILKEN LAUMANN (ROWING) - CATRIONA LE MAY DOAN (SPEED SKATING) - ROSLYN MACLEOD (ROWING) - ATNAS MAEKO (FOOTBALL) - TIFFANY MANCHESTER (PRO WHITEWATER KAYAKING) - JON MANDICK (ROWING) -

HEATHER MANDOLI (ROWING) - MARNIE MCBEAN (ROWING) - SHONA MCLAREN (ROWING) - IAN MILLAR (EQUESTRIAN) - NOAH MILLER (WATER POLO) - MARC MITCHELL (FOOTBALL) - STEVE MONTADOR (HOCKEY, FLORIDA PANTHERS) - CAROL

MONTGOMERY (TRIATHLON) - MICHAEL O'SHEA (CFL FOOTBALL, TORONTO ARGONAUTS) - CAROLINE OUELLETTE (HOCKEY) - DAVID PELLETIER (FIGURE SKATING) - CHANTAL PETITCLERC (PARALYMPIC ATHLETICS, 200M, 400M, 800M) - MATT

PETTINGER (HOCKEY, WASHINGTON CAPITALS) - STEVE PODBORSKI (ALPINE SKIING) - SHERYL PRESTON (ROWING) - CHARMAINE REID (BADMINTON) - ANNA RICE (BADMINTON) - ROB RUSNOV (ARCHERY) - JAMIE SALE (FIGURE SKATING) - BECKIE SCOTT

(NORDIC SKIING)KYLE SHEWFELT (GYMNASTICS) - SAMI JO SMALL (HOCKEY) - BRIAN STEMMLE (ALPINE SKIING) - VICKY SUNOHARA (HOCKEY) - JOE THORNTON (HOCKEY, SAN JOSE SHARKS) - ADAM VAN KOEVERDEN (SPRINT KAYAK) - JIM VELTMAN

(LACROSSE) - SOMMER WEST (SOFTBALL) - SIMON WHITFIELD (TRIATHLON) - HAYLEY WICKENHEISER (HOCKEY) - CANADIAN WORLD CUP WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM | CHINA - GAO HONG (FOOTBALL) - YANG YANG A. (SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING) | COTE D’IVOIRE

- SALOMON KALOU (FOOTBALL, CHELSEA FC) | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - DIKEMBE MUTOMBO (BASKETBALL, HOUSTON ROCKETS) | ERITREA - NEBIAT HABTEMARIAM (ATHLETICS, 5000M) - YONAS KIFLE (ATHLETICS, 10,000M) | ETHIOPIA - HAILE

GEBRSELASSIE (MARATHON) - TILAHUN JAMANEH (PARALYMPIC POWERLIFTING) - DERARTU TULU (ATHLETICS, 10,000M) | FRANCE - RAPHAEL POIREE (BIATHLON) - MARCEL DESAILLY (FOOTBALL) | GERMANY - CHRISTIAN BREUER (SPEED SKATING) - ANNI FRIESINGER

(SPEED SKATING) | GHANA - MICHAEL ESSIEN (FOOTBALL, CHELSEA FC) - AZUMAH NELSON (BOXING) - ALBERTA SACKEY (FOOTBALL) - MARGARET SIMPSON (HEPTATHLON) - EMMANUEL OFOSU YEBOAH (CYCLING) - EMMANUEL OSEI KUFFOUR (FOOTBALL)ANIM VIDA (ATHLETICS,

100M, 200M) | IRAN - KAVEH MEHRABI (BADMINTON) | IRELAND - DEIRDRE MURPHY (CYCLING) - ROBBIE O'BRIEN (FOOTBALL, TORONTO FC) | ITALY - MAIKEL CRISTOBAL CARDONA (VOLLEYBALL) - SILVIA FONTANA (FIGURE SKATING) - MARION POSCH (SNOWBOARDING) |

JAMAICA - JAMAICAN - CYCLING TEAM - DEVON HARRIS (BOBSLED) - JAPAN - MIYAKO TANAKA-OULEVEY (SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING) - JORDAN - HRH PRINCESS HAYA BINT ALHUSSEIN (EQUESTRIAN) - SAMER KAMAL (TAE KWON DO) | MALI - FATOU CAMARA (FOOTBALL) - FREDDIE

KANOUTE (FOOTBALL) - SEYDOU KEITA (FOOTBALL) - DIATY NDIAYE (FOOTBALL) - MOUSSA SAVADOGO (ATHLETICS, 100M) | MOZAMBIQUE - CARLOS ARENA (SWIMMING) | NETHERLANDS - VANESSA ATKINSON (SQUASH)MARCELLA BOERMA (SNOWBOARDING) - MANON BOLLEGRAAF

(TENNIS) - TROY DOUGLAS (ATHLETICS, 100M, 200M, 400M) - JUUL ELLERMAN (FOOTBALL) - MARIT VAN EUPEN (ROWING) - DEBORAH GRAVENSTIJN (JUDO) - ELSEMIEKE HAVENGA (FIELD HOCKEY) - MAX VAN HEESWIJK (CYCLING) - REGGY HOFFMAN (EQUESTRIAN) - NAJLA JABER

(ATHLETICS, 400M, 800M) - GERT HENK PIETERSE (BASKETBALL) - WILCO VAN ROOIJEN (CLIMBING)KARIN RUCKSTUHL (ATHLETICS, PENTATHLON, HEPTATHLON) - NICOLIEN SAUERBREIJ (SNOWBOARDING) - ROBERT SLIPPENS (CYCLING) - RAEMON SLUITER (TENNIS) - ARMAND VAN DER

SMISSEN (DUATHLON) - RUTGER SMITH (ATHLETICS, SHOTPUT AND DISCUS) - BEN SONNEMANS (JUDO) - DANNY STAM (CYCLING) - JEROEN STRAATHOF (SPEED SKATING, CYCLING) - JIM SVENOY (ATHLETICS, STEEPLECHASE) - ARNOLD VANDERLYDE (BOXING) - MARLEEN VELDHUIS

(SWIMMING) - CARL VERHEIJEN (SPEED SKATING) - TEUN VAN VLIET (CYCLING) - LETITIA VRIESDE (ATHLETICS, 800M) - MERIJN VUNDERINK (SPEED SKIING)CHIEL WARNERS (ATHLETICS, HEPTAHLON, DECATHALON) - ERBEN WENNEMARS (SPEEDSKATING) - KENNY VAN WEEGHEL (CYCLING) -

FIEKE WILLEMS (GYMNASTICS) - IREEN WÜST (SPEED SKATING) - FALKO ZANDSTRA (SPEED SKATING) - CLAUDIA ZWIERS (JUDO) - ROTTERDAM BASKETBALL (BASKETBALL) - ADO DEN HAAG (FOOTBALL) - DUTCH DAVIS CUP TEAM (TENNIS) - OPEN LINE TRIATHLON TOP TEAM LIMBURG

(TRIATHLON) - SAESTUM (FOOTBALL) - ROTTERDAM BASKETBALL (BASKETBALL) - TEAM ASICS/RIGHT TO PLAY (SPEEDSKATING) - TEAM VIKS PAKKET (SPEEDSKATING) - TEAM ZUIDEMA (SPEEDSKATING) - VITESSE (FOOTBALL) | NEW ZEALAND - CURTIS PALMER (PARALYMPIC RUGBY) | NIGERIA

- MARY ONYALI (ATHLETICS, 200M, 4X100 RELAY) | NORWAY - PETTER ANDERSEN (SPEED SKATING) - MARIUS BAKKEN (ATHLETICS, 5000M) - KJERSTI OSTGAARD BUAAS (SNOWBOARDING) - ALEXANDER BUCHMANN (HANDBALL) - HANS PETTER BURAAS (ALPINE SKIING) - BYASEN HANDBALL

ELITE (HANDBALL) - GUNN RITA DAHLE FLESJA (MOUNTAIN BIKING) - DORDI NORDBY TEAM (CURLING) - ESKIL ERVIK (SPEED SKATING) - DANIEL FRANCK (SNOWBOARDING) - TONE GRAVVOLD (PARALYMPIC CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING/CYCLING) - STIAN GRIMSETH (WEIGHTLIFTING) - OYSTEIN

GRODUM (SPEED SKATING) - CHRISTOPHER GUNDERSEN (SAILING) - NILA ANN HAAKEDAL (BEACH VOLLEYBALL) - HALVARD HANEVOLD (BIATHLON) - VIGDIS HARSAKER (HANDBALL) - KJARTAN N. HAUGEN (PARALYMPIC CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING) - MAREN HAUGLI (SPEED SKATING) - ANNE

MARGRETHE HAUSKEN (ORIENTEERING) - CAMILLA HERREM (HANDBALL) - KRISTIAN KJELLING (HANDBALL) - JORRE KJEMPERUD (BEACH VOLLEYBALL) - LASSE KJUS (ALPINE SKIING) - JAN KVALHEIM (BEACH VOLLEYBALL) - ROAR LJOKELSOV (SKI JUMPING) - BJORN MAASEIDE (BEACH

VOLLEYBALL) - NORWEGIAN HANDBALL TEAM (MEN) - NORWEGIAN HANDBALL TEAM (WOMEN) - TONJE NOSTVOLD (HANDBALL) - ROLF EINAR PEDERSEN (PARALYMPIC SLED HOCKEY) - SUZANN PETTERSEN (GOLF) - LIV GRETE SKJELBREID POIREE (BIATHLON) - LINN KRISTIN RIEGELHUTH

(HANDBALL) - JOHN ARNE RIISE (FOOTBALL, LIVERPOOL FC) - LASSE SAETRE (SPEED SKATING) - ANETTE SAGEN (SKI JUMPING) - TARJEI SKARLUND (BEACH VOLLEYBALL) - GORIL SNORROEGGEN (HANDBALL) - GLENN SOLBERG (HANDBALL) - NINA SOLHEIM (TAE KWON DO) - ADNE SONDRAL

(SPEED SKATING) - RUNE STORDAL (SPEED SKATING) - ROAR STRAND (FOOTBALL, ROSENBORG) - SIREN SUNDBY (SAILING) - ASLE TANGVIK (PARALYMPIC ALPINE SKIING) - HEIDI TJUGUM (HANDBALL) - INGRID TORLEN (BEACH VOLLEYBALL) - OLAF TUFTE (ROWING) - HAVARD TVEDTEN

(HANDBALL) - EVEN WETTEN (SPEED SKATING) | OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - HUSAM AZZAM (PARALYMPIC SHOT PUT) | RWANDA - DOMINIC BIZIMANA (PARALYMPIC VOLLEYBALL) - JIMMY GATETE (FOOTBALL) - CHARLES NKAZAMYAMPI (ATHLETICS, 800M) - PAMELA

RUGABIRA (SWIMMING) | RUSSIA - ALEXANDER OVECHKIN (HOCKEY, WASHINGTON CAPITALS) - VADIM SAYUTIN (SPEED SKATING) | SIERRA LEONE - KEI KAMARA (FOOTBALL, COLUMBUS CREW) | SOUTH KOREA - KRISTINA HAN (SWIMMING) | SURINAME - LETITIA VRIESDE

(ATHLETICS, 800M) | SPAIN - JOSE CALDERON (BASKETBALL, TORONTO RAPTORS) - SWEDEN - DANIEL ALFREDSSON (HOCKEY, OTTAWA SENATORS) - CAROLINA KLÜFT (ATHLETICS, HEPTAHLON, PENTATHLON, LONG JUMP) - ANJA PÄRSON (ALPINE SKIING) - JOHAN RÖJLER (SPEED

SKATING) - ALEXANDER STEEN (HOCKEY, TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS) | SWITZERLAND - PAUL ACCOLA (ALPINE SKIING) - MARCEL FISCHER (FENCING) - CHRISTINA LIEBHERR (EQUESTRIAN) - PATRICK HEUSCHER (BEACH VOLLEYBALL) - MARTINA HINGIS (TENNIS) - BRUNO KERNEN

(ALPINE SKIING) - ANDREAS KUETTEL (SKI JUMPING) - SIMONE NIGGLI-LUDER (ORIENTEERING) - DANIELA MEULI (SNOWBOARDING) - BERNHARD RUSSI (ALPINE SKIING) - FLAVIO MARAZZI (SAILING) - VRENI SCHNEIDER (ALPINE SKIING) - SWISS OLYMPIANS ASSOCIATION

- ANDI WENZEL (ALPINE SKIING) | UGANDA - DORCUS INZIKURU (ATHLETICS, 5000M, STEEPLECHASE) - WILLIAM MAYANJA (PARALYMPICS JAVELIN, SEATBALL) - JOSEPHINE NAMAYANJA (PARALYMPIC ATHLETICS, ROWING) - BILL SSENGENDO (PARALYMPIC ATHLETICS

POWER LIFTING) | UKRAINE - SERGEY FESENKO (SWIMMING) | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - SHEIKH AHMED BIN HASHER AL MAKTOUM (DOUBLE TRAP SHOOTING) | UNITED KINGDOM - JOE COLE (FOOTBALL, CHELSEA FC) - MO FARAH (ATHLETICS, 3000M, 5000M) -

FRANK LAMPARD (FOOTBALL, CHELSEA FC) - DAN LEO (WASPS RUGBY CLUB) - DAVID MCCRAE (PARALYMPIC VOLLEYBALL) - MATTHEW PINSENT (ROWING) - JOHN REGIS (ATHLETICS, 200M) - GREG RUTHERFORD (ATHLETICS, LONG JUMP) - CHELSEA FOOTBALL

CLUB | UNITED STATES - THERESA ANDREWS (SWIMMING) - LANCE ARMSTRONG (CYCLING) - DAVY ARNAUD (FOOTBALL, KANSAS CITY WIZARDS) - SHANNON BAHRKE (MOGULS) - JILL BAKKEN (BOBSLED) - DEDE BARRY (CYCLING) - ALANA BLAHOSKI

(HOCKEY) - BONNIE BLAIR (SPEED SKATING) - LUKE BODENSTEINER (NORDIC SKIING) - BOBBY BOSWELL (FOOTBALL, D.C. UNITED) - VANESSA CHAKOUR (BOXING) - JOEY CHEEK (SPEED SKATING) - JULIE CHU (HOCKEY) - JIMMY CONRAD (FOOTBALL,

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS) - EMILY COOK (AERIALS) - JIM CURTIN (FOOTBALL, CHICAGO FIRE) - MUFFY DAVIS (PARALYMPIC SKIING) - TRENT DIMAS (GYMNASTICS) - DIANE DIXON (ATHLETICS, 4X400M RELAY) - TODD DUNIVANT (FOOTBALL,

TORONTO FC) - JANET EVANS (SWIMMING) - TRACY EVANS (AERIALS) - LORRIE FAIR (FOOTBALL) - MARIANO FERRARIO (AERIALS) - ANN FLYNN (ATHLETICS, HIGH JUMP) - GEORGE FOREMAN (BOXING) - TRISTAN GALE (SKELETON) - TIM

GOEBEL (FIGURE SKATING) - MELISSA GREGORY (ICE DANCING) - MICHELLE GUERETTE (ROWING) - BRAD GUZAN (FOOTBALL, CHIVAS USA) - DOROTHY HAMILL (FIGURE SKATING) - MICHAEL JOHNSON (TRACK, 200/400M) - BRYAN

JONES (SWIMMING)COBI JONES (FOOTBALL, LA GALAXY) - MARION JONES (ATHLETICS, LONG JUMP) - CHRIS KLEIN (FOOTBALL, LA GALAXY) - SACHA KLJESTAN (FOOTBALL, CHIVAS USA) - MICHAEL LENARD (HANDBALL)

- PAR LIDSTROM (SWIMMING) - GREG LYMAN (SPEED SKATING) - JULIA MANCUSO (ALPINE SKIING) - TRAVIS MAYER (AERIALS) - KERRY MCCOY (WRESTLING) - BRIAN MCDONALD (SKELETON) - JOE MCDONALD

(BOBSLED) - ASHLEY MEEKER (FOOTBALL) - JESSE MILLS (GYMNASTICS) - PHOEBE MILLS (GYMNASTICS) - DREW MOOR (FOOTBALL, FC DALLAS) - JONNY MOSELEY (MOGULS) - PETER MÜLLER (SPEED

SKATING COACH (NORWAY TEAM)) - SARAH KATE NOFTSINGER (FOOTBALL) - JESSIE STONE (PRO WHITEWATER KAYAKING) - NIKKI STONE (AERIALS) - PICABO STREET (ALPINE SKIING) -

CAREY TALLEY (FOOTBALL, REAL SALT LAKE) - DIANA TAURASI (BASKETBALL) - JENNY THOMPSON (SWIMMING) - CHRIS THORPE (LUGE) - SASHA VICTORINE (FOOTBALL, KANSAS

CITY WIZARD) - ABBY WAMBACH (FOOTBALL) - BONNY WARNER (BOBSLED) - TOM WELSH (ROWING) - TIM WILEY (LUGE) - LAURYN WILLIAMS (ATHLETICS, 100M) -

CHRIS WINGERT (FOOTBALL, REAL SALT LAKE) - ELI WOLFF (FOOTBALL) - STEVE YOUNG (NFL FOOTBALL) - KENDRA ZANOTTO (SYNCHRONIZED

SWIMMING) - GREGG ZAUN (BASEBALL, TORONTO BLUE JAYS) - JOHN ZIMMERMAN –(FIGURE SKATING) | ZAMBIA - KALUSHA

BWALYA (FOOTBALL) - VICTORIA CHISHIMBA (SQUASH) KENNEDY KANYANTA (BOXING) - ELLEN HIGHT

(SWIMMING) - SAMUEL MATETE (ATHLETICS, 400M HURDLES) - LANGO SINKAMBA

(WHEELCHAIR MARATHON)

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PARTYTO F I N D O U T HO W Q U IC K LY H I V C A N S P R E A D , S HO U L D YO U D O NOT H -I N G TO P R OT E C T YO U R S E L F W E P L AY A GA M E C A L L E D PA R T Y.

A L L P L AY E R S G E T P E N A N D PA P E R . T H E Y H AV E TO I M AG I N E T H AT T H E YA R E AT A PA R T Y A N D A R E M E E T I N G P E O P L E . E AC H P L AY E R H A S TO A S KT H R E E OT H E R P E O P L E F R O M T H E G R O U P TO W R I T E T H E I R N A M E O N H ISP I E C E O F PA P E R A N D W R I T E H IS N A M E O N T H E I R S .

W H E N E V E R YO N E I S D O N E , T H E GA M E L E A D E R C HO O S E S T H R E E P L AY -E R S . T H E Y S TA N D I N F R O N T O F T H E G R O U P A N D C A L L T H E T H R E EN A M E S T H AT O N A R E O N T H E I R PA P E R . T H E P L AY E R S W HO S E N A M E SH AV E B E E N C A L L E D A R E TO S TA N D B E H I N D T H E O N E W HO N A M E DT H E M .

NO W T H E P E O P L E W HO J O I N E D I N C A L L O U T T H E N A M E S O N T H E I RL I S T T H AT A R E W R I T T E N D O W N B E L O W T H E N A M E O F T H E P E R S O N W HOC A L L E D T H E M I N T H E L I N E . T H IS WAY T H E L I N E S K E E P G E T T I N GL O N G E R A N D L O N G E R . I S T H E R E A N YO N E L E F T ?

T H IS I S HO W I T W O R KS W I T H I N F E C T IO N . I M AG I N E T H AT T H E T H R E EP L AY E R S AT T H E B E G I N N I N G O F T H E L I N E A R E H I V P O S I T I V E . I M AG I N ETO O T H AT T H E Y A R E T H E N A M E S O F P E O P L E W I T H W HO M YO U ’ V E H A DU N P R OT E C T E D S E X .

BY NO W E V E R YO N E I N T H E L I N E S I S L I K E LY TO B E I N F E C T E D A S W E L L .

T H IS GA M E F I TS I N B OT H T H E B L U E P E AC E BA L L C AT E G O R Y A N D G R E E NP E AC E BA L L C AT E G O R Y B E C AUS E I T P R O V I D E S T R A I N I N G I N W O R K I N GTO G E T H E R A S W E L L A S T E AC H I N G T H E C H I L D R E N A B O U T I N F E C T IO USD IS E A S E S L I K E H I V / A I D S .

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THE RIGHT TO PLAY UK TEAM

Director - Chris Robinson

Chris’ career has revolved around two things: sport and charity. He was asemi-pro football player and professional football coach before working asa management consultant in the public, private and community sectors.Before joining Right To Play he also ran a number of UK charities.

Deputy Director - Mike Emery

After graduating Mike founded a charity that used sport and play to de-velop socially, mentally and physically disadvantaged children from East-ern Europe. He recently completed a Masters degree in International Com-munications and Development, and is proud to be working for Right ToPlay.

Sports Relations Manager – Ben Pegna

Ben has played rugby professionally and semi-professionally around theworld. He studied law while playing for Caerphilly, and subsequentlyplayed for London Scottish and Saracens in the UK before playing inSouth Africa for the Leopards. He worked for the investment bank, MorganStanley, before joining Right To Play.

Activity Card Project Manager - Gideon Abate

Gideon was brought up in Ethiopia where his family still lives, and hasbeen studying and working in the UK for the past nine years. He complet-ed an undergraduate in Computer Science and Business before doing amasters in Systems Analysis and Design. His real interest is in workingwith IT for development purposes.

Office Assistant - Tom Palmer

Tom joined Right To Play as an intern in November 2007 and is now afull-time member of the team. He plans to begin a masters this year andhopes to carve out a career in the development sector whilst continuinghis ambitions to play Ultimate Frisbee at the highest level.

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