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Building Community Leadership for Sustainable Impact

Right To Play Coach Profile

Right To Play Coach: Eh Say

Location: Tham Hin Refugee Camp, Thailand

Eh Say's Story: Eh Say was born at Panaanmee Village in Burma, but fled to Thailand's Tham Hin camp in 1997 when the Burmese military invaded and burned his village. He is now 31 and has a wife and three children. Eh Say joined Right To Play in August 2002, and has since become a Physical Education Master Trainer.

Community Impact:  Eh Say and his colleagues today work with over 2,000 children, aged five to 15, every week. As a Physical Education Master Trainer, Eh Say runs sport and play programs for children of the camp, and trains school teachers and community members to become Trainers. By activating local volunteers to run these programs, Eh Say and Right To Play are empowering the community and making sure more children are reached every day, and for years to come.

Eh Say in his Own Words: “I really enjoy Right To Play programs because I get to enlighten kids with the pleasure of play. This program is a very important part of life in the camp as our dwellings are so crowded and there is little room for play. Before Right To Play came to Tham Hin, children had no field for play, and there was not enough equipment in the camp. Teachers and parents didn't have the time or know how to play with the children.

Eh Say and Right To Play President and CEO Johann Koss, wit Tham Hin Refugee Camp children

Now everything has changed. Children have the chance to play to improve their health, and happiness. Also, the teachers are excited to teach students because it gives them experience in helping children to learn in another way outside the classroom.

I feel I can help my community by sharing my love and experience with play and sports and to continue to train others here at Tham Hin and other new camps where Right To Play will be. The beauty of the program here in Tham Hin is that though Right To Play will not stay forever in the camp, I will stay here with my people to help organize sport and play activities in the camp. And, when the day comes when residents return to Burma, I would like to use my skills and knowledge to develop play and sport programs to bring to the community.”

Right To Play Says: "The impact Eh Say has had on children in the camp, and the energy and passion he brings to the program and passes to the people he interacts with, makes him nothing short of heroic." Alison Haffey, Project Coordinator, Right To Play Thailand.