Our Stories
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Handling large classes made easy by Learning through Play
When you enter Teacher Shukuru’s class, you know from that moment that she understands Learning through Play! The Top Class at Bukere Primary School in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement is decorated with colourful teaching and learning materials, most of…
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Tanzania approves Learning through Play educator content
In February, the Tanzania PlayMatters team successfully secured approval from the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) to use the national Teachers' Continuous Professional Development (TCPD) framework to incorporate learning through play…
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Government to invest in early childhood education
The Ministry of Education and Sports in Uganda will consider investing in early childhood care and education for at least one year of pre-primary, Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu, the Minister of State for Primary Education, indicated. This came as an…
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Playday ignites meaning of learning through play in Tanzania
As a way of putting Learning through Play approaches into practice, PlayMatters project in Tanzania held a playday at Kilemba and Kumkugwa Primary School Grounds in Kibondo District in February 2023. The event aimed at creating awareness and…
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Textbooks for School-going Children in Ethiopia
A total of 87,590 textbooks have been distributed to conflict-affected schools in Amhara Region, Ethiopia to support the learning needs of refugees, internally displaced and host community children. Working together with the Regional Bureau of…
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TeamUp creating a conducive learning environment for children
"Team-team, TeamUp!, Team-team, TeamUp!" These were the words the jolly children at Bright Future Primary School, Palabek Refugee Settlement in Lamwo District were chanting as they got ready for their TeamUp session. The school is among the 5…
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Play ignites Children's learning in BidiBidi Refugee Settlement
Holy Dove Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Yumbe District is one of the centres hosting 406 children for early learning between the ages 3-12 years. Established in 2016 by Plan International Uganda, the centre…
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1st PlayMatters annual leadership breakfast takes place in Kampala with renewed commitment to support learning through play in 2023 and beyond
The PlayMatters consortium in Uganda held a leadership breakfast meeting on December 6th, 2022. The purpose of this event was for members from the project steering committee and leadership team to interact with each other and share progress made in…
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High-level roundtable discussion on how play-based learning can improve the quality of education in Ethiopia
A high-level discussion on ways of strengthening the implementation of play-based learning in Ethiopia was successfully conducted in Addis Ababa on 16th November 2022. The event marked an important milestone for the PlayMatters consortium in…
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Ready, Set, GO! The 2022 Great Ethiopian Run PlayMatters Children's Race takes place in Addis Ababa
Early morning, Saturday November 19, 2022, the Ethiopian Youth Sport Academy was filled with children and their parents who were moving to the sound of the music coming from the stage, while eagerly waiting for the race to begin. 3,000 children from…