Through its support for this body, which is headed by Norwegian Olympic speed skating star Johann Olav Koss, the group will be helping to give disadvantaged children a better future.
            
WW was the first international Norwegian company to agree a formal collaboration with        » Right To Play back in October 2005, which uses sport and play as an arena for development and peace.
           
“We’re a global enterprise, so it’s natural for us to show that we care in different parts of the world,” says WW chief executive Ingar Skaug.
           
“Like Right To Play, we believe that people who are supported and motivated can develop into a good resource.”
     
The cooperation agreement has been concluded through the Tom Wilhelmsen Foundation, which is contributing CAD 400 000 to the humanitarian organisation over a two-year period ending 2007.
         
“I’m very grateful that such a significant international player is involving itself in our activities,” says Koss, who serves as the international president of Right To Play.
           
“We’re looking forward to developing new projects through Wilh. Wilhelmsen’s international network and knowledge.”
           
Right To Play is an international humanitarian organisation run by sportspeople, which works with children and youngsters in the world’s most disadvantaged regions.
           
It activates 500 000 children every day through 40 projects spread over 20 countries.