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Vehicle donation to facilitate implementation of learning through play in refugee settlements, host community schools and teacher training colleges
In line with one of the long-term goals of the PlayMatters project of supporting policy makers to integrate learning through play into education service delivery, the PlayMatters consortium and the Ministry of Education and Sports in Uganda held a…
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Getting ready to support teachers roll out learning through play content in refugee & host community schools
In the course of 2021, the PlayMatters project pooled together a team of experts comprised of trained teachers, education in emergencies specialists, wellbeing experts, gender & inclusion experts among others from the consortium with one mission…
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PlayMatters in year one
About PlayMatters Slightly over year ago, the $100 million PlayMatters project led by the IRC started its 1st year of implementation in East/Horn of Africa (Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia). The project is being implemented by a consortium led…
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Learning through play: A review of evidence related to play for children’s education and development.
About this publication This review focuses on how learning through play in humanitarian and low resource contexts can be delivered through teachers, parents and in communities to improve holistic learning outcomes for children. It provides evidence…