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Play Opportunities for Wellness and Education Resource (P.O.W.E.R.) is a collection of 100 gender-responsive play-based learning activities created to support parents, teachers, coaches, social workers and others to promote children's learning and development. All learning activities are play-based and are for children 6 years of age and up. They can be used by any adult who works directly with children including peer or youth leaders and cover the following topics: health and psychosocial wellbeing, cognitive development, social development, emotional development, gender and child protection. Each activity includes the appropriate age, the time, the number of players and the materials needed. In addition, this resource also includes guidance for facilitators on the following topics: keeping children safe, child agency, psychosocial wellbeing plat, gender responsive play and children with disabilities and play.