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In the summer of 2022 (due to covid-19) I will be giving the gift of play to children in Uganda. I am very passionate about play and the importance it has for children’s learning, wellbeing and for healthy brain development. I am so excited to be volunteering for the wonderful charity Play Action International, a UK registered charity working in East Africa to provide vulnerable children with play facilities and play based learning programmes.

In many communities across East Africa, children spend time out of school looking for work or helping with chores at home, rather than playing. Refugee children's futures are profoundly impacted by the lack of safe play facilities and educational opportunities, having a negative and lasting impact on their mental and physical health and employment prospects.

Play Action International has built over 300 playgrounds across Uganda, in schools, community centres are refugee settlements and recruited many staff within Ugandan communities. These playgrounds are not only a vital space to have fun, make friends and play together but also they have proven to increase school attendance and enrolment, reduced antisocial behaviour and increase the perceived importance of children having their childhoods.

Any money that you donate will help give 27,000 refugee children increased access to early years education, supporting long-term health, well-being and employment prospects and empowering them to map their own path to a brighter future.

What a difference your donation makes
£5 can give one child their childhood back through access to a safe, fun and child-focussed playground.
£22 can educate a teacher on the importance of including play in education and creates a peer network for them to share their learning in.
£74 can equip a street connected young person with everything they need to learn the basics of welding, from their own set of work boots through to ear defenders and glasses.
£131 can teach a community of caregivers and educators about the importance of play at home and school, as well as how to maintain their playground.
£198 can train a street connected young person for a month to become a qualified builder or welder through our apprenticeship scheme.

To fundraise I will be doing many activities throughout the year including kids fun afternoons, a half marathon, cake sales, lemonade stalls and Christmas hampers.

Please help me fund this amazing project and wonderful charity. I feel so lucky to have this experience and I can’t wait to get to Uganda!!