Care Mission would like to continue to give value to children’s education rights, and one other way to do it is to enhance their physical wellbeing via the building of a playground on the Care Mission school campus in Ganta, Liberia. Playground play is vital to the long-term development of children and promote their social skills.
Care Mission also embarks on this playground project to support classroom activities with physical outdoor activities which will boost the children’s interest in school. This project will tap into our idea of raising literate generation in our society, and improve the learning environment for the children. At the same time, it will increase the school enrollment.
Throughout Liberia, playgrounds are extremely rare and there is no such thing in our school community. However, this does not mean that Liberian children do not play! There are many creative games that I remember playing as a child which are still played today. Most of these involve the use of homemade balls, cups, planks of wood for sleds, coffee leaves for money, or other items we found available. In future posts I will try to share some of the rules for these games so you can try them yourself.
While many of these games work well in any open area, small children especially could benefit from a real playground that is safe, clean, an designed for them. As a father and as a teacher, I would love to create a space dedicated to children’s play and creativity at our school.
Kindly support our playground project,
Sampson Gaye
Care Mission, Inc. 