Author: Larissa Tuohy

Larissa Tuohy

Rugby: a sport for everyone

April 11, 2019April 18, 2019 News and Updates

Rob Abernethy, Rugby World Cup General Manager 2019, explains how the game of rugby is an important platform for encouraging greater diversity and inclusion. Rugby is a growing, thriving, global ... Read more

DHL partners ChildFund to enable children and youth in Japan to play, learn and grow through rugby

March 25, 2019March 20, 2019 Media Releases

25 March 2019, Japan: Child and youth-focused aid agency ChildFund and DHL Express, the world’s leading international express service provider, have announced a new partnership to provide more opportunities for ... Read more

Duoc: the chance to be a child again

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 News and Updates

At 12 years old, Duoc has assumed many household responsibilities, including taking care of his younger brother. Circumstances in developing communities can rob children of their childhood. Some are forced into ... Read more

How sport can improve the lives of children in disadvantaged communities

March 19, 2019April 3, 2019 News and Updates

In 1993, the United Nations adopted its first resolution on sport, marking the fact that sport had been used as a development tool for many decades. Requested by Egypt, on ... Read more

ChildFund Pass It Back arrives in Timor-Leste

March 18, 2019April 18, 2019 News and Updates

ChildFund Board member Carolyn Hardy recently travelled to Timor-Leste to see ChildFund’s work on the ground. There she met Vincenti, one of the newest recruits to ChildFund Pass It Back. ... Read more

4 ways sport challenges negative community attitudes

March 17, 2019April 3, 2019 News and Updates

Sport is not only fun and a great way to lead a healthy lifestyle, it can also be a key driver of social change. It can bring together rivals. It ... Read more

Lar is determined to never give up

March 16, 2019April 3, 2019 News and Updates

Lar is 16 years old and lives in Nonghet District, Xieng Khouang Province. This region of Laos has some of the highest levels of unexploded ordnance contamination in the country. ... Read more

Rugby is a girl’s game too

March 15, 2019April 3, 2019 News and Updates

In today’s world, there are 1.1 billion girls. They are full of potential but are often constrained by discrimination and a lack of equal opportunities. In Laos and Vietnam, however, ... Read more

An unusual sighting: rugby comes to a remote village in Laos

March 14, 2019April 3, 2019 News and Updates

Xaykham is a 17-year-old secondary school student from Nonghet, Laos. The village where he was born and raised is on a hill overlooking over the forest. Life is simple here. ... Read more

Using sport to keep girls and women safe

March 7, 2019April 3, 2019 News and Updates

When you watch Serena Williams play on the court, you can’t help but be engulfed by a power and determination so fierce that any ounce of doubt you ever had ... Read more