#Justplay football series
The programme engages children in a series of interactive sessions that include social messages aligned to the four key programming pillars: health and wellness, gender equality, social inclusion and child protection. Just Play is a community-engagement Sport for Development programme developed by the OFC to improve the lives of children and teenagers aged 6–16 by means of football. UNICEF, ‘Child-Centred Risk Assessment: Regional Synthesis of UNICEF Assessments in Asia’, UNICEF, Nepal, 2014. UNICEF Pacific, WASH Programme Data, UNICEF, Suva, Fiji, 2014. UNICEF Pacific, ‘Child Protection Programme Brief’, UNICEF Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 2014. World Health Organization, Global School-Health Based Survey Country Fact Sheets for Cook Islands (2011), Fiji (2010), Nauru (2011), Niue (2010), Samoa (2011), Solomon Islands (2011), Tonga (2010), Tuvalu (2013) and Vanuatu (2011). World Health Organization, Global School-Health Based Survey Country Fact Sheets for Cook Islands (2011), Fiji (2010), Samoa (2011), Solomon Islands (2011), Tonga (2010) and Vanuatu (2011).ĥ UNICEF Pacific, ‘Child Protection Programme Brief’, UNICEF Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 2014. Secretariat of the Pacific Community and UNICEF Pacific, The State of Pacific Youth: Opportunities and obstacles, Bluebird Printery, Fiji, 2011.
World Health Organization, Global School-Health Based Survey Country Fact Sheets for Cook Islands (2015), Fiji (2016), Samoa (2011), Solomon Islands (2011), Tonga (2017) and Vanuatu (2011). Working with key partners such as the OFC, UNICEF Pacific seeks to build confidence in children and young people and create access to quality sports activities, educational platforms, advocacy campaigns and public dialogue through active participation. These efforts were extended to humanitarian response with the success of the Just Play emergency programme. Through the provision of structured Sport for Development interventions, UNICEF Pacific seeks to reduce the risks associated with non-communicable diseases, child protection, gender and social inequality. Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu suffered 30 of the 44 natural disasters that struck the region, with children on average constituting between a third and a half of those most severely affected. Vanuatu and Fiji were hit by category 5 tropical cyclones in 20 that affected nearly 1 million people, including 450,000 children.
īetween 20, the Pacific region was affected by 44 natural disasters. With low levels of literacy and up to 30% of young people aged 15–24 actually illiterate, employment opportunities are limited, resulting in high unemployment rates among young people in the Pacific region. Children in general are exposed to high levels of violence at home and at school, and more than 50% of children aged 13–15 years report being bullied, 26% have attempted suicide, 12% report having no close friends, and 80% of children experience some form of direct violence or abuse. One in four children live below the poverty line. Ĭhildren with disabilities experience discrimination, exclusion and barriers to being widely accepted, while all girls are marginalized and face inequalities in education, decision-making processes and access to health services.Įvidence shows that poverty, hunger and lack of access to services remain major challenges for children in the targeted countries. More than 27% of children are overweight and obese as early as age 13. More than 50% of children choose soft drinks instead of water, which is a major contributor to weight gain. With obesity and diabetes on the rise, research indicates that only 29% of children in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu attend regular physical education classes, with less than 25% of children in these countries practising 60 minutes or more of sport a day. Sport for Development is a critical component of the Oceania Football Confederation’s approach to helping to build stronger Pacific Island communities. Partners The success of the Just Play programme, initiated by Oceanian Footbal Confederation (OFC), is based on key partnerships with the government of Australia, through its agencies the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), the Football Federation Australia (FFA) and, since 2014, with UNICEF.
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