Hanoi builds inclusive playground for children with disabilities
Playground helps students with disabilities at Hanoi's Nguyen Dinh Chieu Secondary School recover and improve their eyesight.
A playground for visually impaired children has just been inaugurated by Think Playgrounds, a non-profit organization in Hanoi, under the patronage of Colas Rail Vietnam Company and Nippon Paint Vietnam Co., Ltd.
| Jean Jacques Largent, Country Director of Colas Rail Vietnam Co.Ltd, and his staff complete the playground for visually impaired children at Nguyen Dinh Chieu Secondary School in Hanoi. Photo: Jenna Duong |
Featuring a creative design, the playground and outdoor toys are built with child-friendly and sustainable components, including wood, rope, and reusable materials such as old tires.
The 200-square-meter playground features several elements, including an interactive play system, a multiplayer system, group swings and color guides. It helps entertain 200 visually impaired children and rehabilitate vision.
Pham Thi Kim Nga, Headmistress of Nguyen Dinh Chieu Secondary School in Hanoi, said: "This playground continues other projects to create playgrounds for the students of Nguyen Dinh Chieu School. I hope there would be multiple models for the community with the help of sponsors".
Jean Jacques Largent, Country Director of Colas Rail Vietnam, said this is one of the community projects the company will implement in Vietnam in 2023.
| Playground handover ceremony held in Hanoi in late June. |
He said Colas Rail Vietnam always tries to participate in community activities as part of corporate social responsibility.
He hopes that the newly built playground will contribute to the holistic development of the young students of Nguyen Dinh Chieu School.
Think Playgrounds is a social enterprise with a mission to promote children's right to play by working with multidisciplinary partners and communities to build environmentally friendly playgrounds.
To date, the organization and its partners have built over 200 public playgrounds and community gardens, piloted the first adventure playground model in Vietnam, and organized over 30 public events in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
At Nguyen Dinh Chieu Secondary School, 200 blind students now study alongside 1,600 sighted students. The goal of this education model is the successful integration of blind students into society.
| The coloful playground. |
| The new facility provides a good outdoor place for children to develop their skills. |
