What's New

• Policy Brief: Accelerating Foundational Learning Through The Power Of Play

  Our new Policy Brief, Accelerating Foundational Learning through Play: An Effective Approach to Improving Literacy, Numeracy, and Socio-Emotional Skills, published in May 2025, explores how play-based learning can help to address learning poverty by creating inclusive and engaging learning environments that support children’s academic and socio-emotional development.

• Bridging the Gaps Caused by Displacement

  Displacement creates many gaps in children’s lives: children who are refugees are more likely to be out of school than their peers. They are more likely to experience fear, anxiety, and other mental health issues. It can be easy to lose hope.

• Canada's Moment To Lead: New Prime Minister Urged To Champion Education For Peace And Security At G7 Summit

  With less than a month to go until the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, a coalition of over 40 prominent individuals and global and national organizations today called on Prime Minister Carney to seize a historic opportunity to position Canada as a global leader through a new G7 Education, Peace, and Security Initiative.

• Play Changes Everything. So Can Your Donation

  On June 11, the world will celebrate International Day of Play, a United Nations recognized day that champions every child’s right to play. This year feels different. The stakes are higher. International development is losing critical funding, and children around the world need us more than ever.

• Right To Play International’s President and CEO, Susan McIsaac, to retire after six impactful years

  Susan McIsaac, Right To Play International’s President and CEO since 2019, has announced that she will retire at the end of 2025 after six impactful years of leadership at Right To Play and a 35-year career as an outstanding leader in the nonprofit and international development sectors.

• Canada’s G7 Presidency A Key Opportunity to Promote Peace and Prosperity Through Global Education

  As the Government of Canada assumes the G7 presidency in 2025, a coalition of leading humanitarian, development, and advocacy agencies urges the next Prime Minister to secure renewed commitments to global education to combat rising inequality and extremism. Discover how Canada can champion the next generation at the upcoming G7 Leaders’ Summit.

• 25 Years of Impact Through Play

  The world has changed a lot since our founding in 2000, but our commitment to supporting children’s learning and well-being has not. With the support of our donors and partners, we’ve reached millions of children in 47 countries, helping them to stay in school and learn, overcome prejudice, heal from trauma, and develop the skills they need to thrive.

• Supporting Children’s Emotional Well-Being Through Play

  For too many children, crisis is the new normal. Millions of children around the world are living in difficult and dangerous situations that put their safety, their health, and their futures at risk. Learn how we're harnessing play to help children cope with trauma, process difficult emotions, and find a sense of normalcy that enables them to learn and develop.

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