Our memories must include swinging, climbing, laughing.
After co-designing an outdoor classroom for the Vusumzi Primary School kindergarteners, Jennifer Yates, a Universal Promise volunteer and then a rising senior in high school, traveled to South Africa in June 2015 to orchestrate its realization. The learning and play space serves as a safe home for academic, emotional, and physical growth. Under the watchful eyes of educators, children water their vegetable gardens, climb on suspended bridges, play soccer and netball, eat lunch under the shaded pergolas, and even become medical professionals and shop for food in their miniature clinic and market.