"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…
"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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Teachers have an incredible amount of power. They have the ability to inspire, to nurture, and to shape the future of children. Everyday, teachers around the world go above and beyond the call of duty to make sure their students have everything they…
On 8th October 2022, the IRC managed PlayMatters Ethiopia Emergency Response Mechanism (ERM) was officially launched in Bahir Dar town in the Amhara region of Northern Ethiopia. The 12-month intervention seeks to improve learning conditions in…
On October 11, 2022, in the small town of Kebribeyah at the outskirts of Jigjiga town in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, teachers, parents and students gathered under an evergreen willow tree in the IRC office compound to celebrate International…
From the 24th to the 28th of October 2022, the Care for Education (CFE) team in South Africa hosted and facilitated a Six-Bricks Learning through Play training to PlayMatters consortium staff and Ministry of Education officials from the respective…