Developing young minds: Right To Play organises volleyball tournament for girls

The NGO aims to promote education through sports.

THATTA:

An Inter-School Volleyball tournament for girls was organised by the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Right To Play, at the Government Girls High School, Thatta, on Friday. Over 600 participants, including students and faculty members from six schools, volunteers of the NGO, government officials and civil society members, took part in the day’s activities.  

The event was part of Right to Play’s campaign to provide a platform for youth to display their talents and educate them through sports and arts so they may be able to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict and disease in disadvantaged communities.  “It is the mission of Right To Play to work in poverty-stricken communities and educate children with the power of sports to enable them to break the shackles of conventional society,” said Atta Mohammad Soomro, the project coordinator of the Right To Play’s programme in Thatta. He added that such tournaments were a good opportunity to gather communities at one platform and raise awareness regarding the importance of sports towards a child’s holistic development.

Thatta district executive development officer Asif Ali said that, “The promotion of volleyball and other games in district Thatta is healthy for the physical and mental development of students”. He added that education through the medium of sports and play based activities had boosted confidence in students and increased enrollment.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 7^th, 2013.