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Gwangju City News Reprinted with permission from Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall
Gwangju to Have First Indoor Playground for Disabled Children
MONTHLY NEWS
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wangju Metropolitan City and Save the Children (international relief and development NGO) have completed the nation's first playground for children with disabilities in the interior of the Gwangju Community Rehabilitation Center and the Gwangsan-gu Welfare Center for the Disabled to promote the healthy development of children with disabilities and the right to play. At the completion ceremony held at the Municipal Welfare Center for the Disabled on November 19, Kim Kwanghwi, director-general of the Planning and Coordination Office; Chung Tae-young, secretary-general of Save the Children; and Kim Mi-ran, director-general of the Gwangju Community Rehabilitation Center participated. As for the playground for children with disabilities, Save the Children signed a business agreement with Gwangju City Hall on April 20 and provided the entire project cost (153 million won per institution, total 306 million won) to the Gwangju Community Rehabilitation Center and the Gwangsan-gu Welfare Center for the Disabled.
The project is all the more meaningful as it was created through an online survey (182 people) for children and guardians from May through July this year, five workshops involving disabled welfare officials and parents of disabled children, and a public contest for names of amusement parks (82 entries) were conducted by Save the Children. The city’s general welfare center for the disabled, "La La Dream Site," means a playground where people can play and dream, and the welfare center for the disabled in Gwangsan-gu is a space for children to grow up well while playing and resting. “Creating a play area for disabled children is a project that reflects the opinions of parents of disabled children and their right to play in a stable playing environment,” said Kim Kwang-hwi, head of the city’s Planning and Coordination Office. “We hope that this play space will help disabled children in the region play more freely and grow healthfully.”
www.gwangjunewsgic.com
December 2020
The play area consists of a video movie facility, a trampoline, climbing, net play, and block play, which are
based on ICT (information communication technology) that provides emotional stability and enjoyment for disabled children.
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