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Pooja Rai’s NGO, Anthill Creations, builds sustainable playgrounds for kids Two little boys were engrossed in a game of badminton: their slippers served as racquets. Nearby, two other kids played atop broken sewer pipes. This sight made Pooja Rai think: “Playgrounds should not be a luxury. It is something every child should have access to for free.” And that is when the then 23-year-old student of architecture in IIT-Kharagpur made her first playground for children within her institution’s campus, using colourful tyres from cars and two wheelers re-purposed as play equipment. In 2017, Pooja started Anthill Creations, an NGO that builds sustainable playgrounds for all kids. “This is a simple solution. We don’t understand that a child can learn so much while playing in a natural state.” ....
In India, old tires are being transformed into playground equipment Pooja Rai believes all children should have access to a playground where they can let their imaginations run wild, and through Anthill Creations, she s helping make this happen across India. Rai is the founder and CEO of Anthill Creations, and was inspired to start the nonprofit after seeing kids playing with trash and old shoes. Play shouldn t just be part of a rich, privileged kid s lifestyle, Rai told the Christian Science Monitor. All kids have a right to enjoy their childhoods. Anthill Creations takes old tires â roughly 100 million are discarded in India annually â and after cleaning them and making sure they are safe to use, transforms them into swings, jungle gyms, tunnels, and sculptures. Since Rai launched Anthill Creations in 2016, the nonprofit has delivered tire playground equipment to 275 schools, public spaces, and refugee camps, and designed play spaces for blind children as ....
By Wayne - Not Everything Sucks Desk Apr 7, 2021 Sorry. Bad pun in the headline. Couldn t resist. I ll try to TREAD lightly from now on. Here we go: India discards over 100,000,000 tires every year. One woman is putting them to great use. Pooja Rai runs Anthill Creations, a non-profit that creates play spaces for kids out of old tires. The tires are cleaned and inspected before being made into jungle gyms, swings and seesaws. Plus, some of the tires are made into fantastic sculptures of animals, cars and buildings. The play spaces are put up at schools, and in public parks and even refugee centers. The funding comes from donations and the labor comes from volunteers. It s a win-win that pairs child enrichment with recycling. ....
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