2013-06-14 12:06 Project Playground Tembizo attended a good boarding school, was the best hockey player in his team and also the captain – until his father was shot and his mother got sick and died. Life drastically changed for Tembizo when he lost his parents. He dropped out of school, lost all interest in his studies, started to bully other kids and unfortunately, joined gangsters and started using drugs and smoke tic.
2013-06-12 16:30 Project Playground It is impossible to learn about Project Playground and not be blown away by the work that they do. When first meeting Frida and Sofia last year we were so inspired and couldn't wait to come to Langa and visit. After spending a day with with Play on Wheels a couple of weeks back we fell completely in love with the participants and the staff.
2013-06-05 10:54 Project Playground Zamburo, a 15 year old boy living with his aunts and cousins have faced many challenges and rough times despite his young age. When he was 12 years old he looked after his mother who had HIV and was sick in AIDS, a sad but usual situation in the townships of South Africa. Zamburo had to feed her, bath her and give her medication while the aunts teased him for having a dying mom.
2013-04-10 14:54 Project Playground On the 23rd and 24th of March, Project Playground held our second annual soccer tournament in Langa. Following the human rights day which was celebrated a few days prior, the tournament was a celebration of diversity and integration. Participating teams came from various places in Western Cape, 20 in total, all fighting fair and hard for the stunning prizes contributed by Adidas.
2013-03-27 10:41 Project Playground Inger från föreningen SWEA skriver om sin upplevelse när hon besökte vårt center i Langa: “Föreningen SWEA bjöd in sina medlemmar och deras respektive till ett studiebesök på Project Playground i kåkstaden Langa. Här kommer nu ett referat från vårt både intressanta och roliga besök hos Frida och alla barnen:
2013-03-21 15:33 Project Playground Read about the life of one of our participants. Thandiso's story: “My name is Thandiso and I was born in Langa Township in Cape Town. My mother was a single parent who had seven children. I am the sixth child. My mother passed away when I was 10 years old and left us with our grandmother who passed away two months later."
2013-03-20 14:13 Project Playground Mapanya, our Project Manager in Langa, has written about his journey to Sweden: “I want to first highlight that through my experience between Sweden and South Africa there’s a huge difference that I strongly feel both countries should appreciate. And I want to thank Frida and Sofia for making my dream possible, especially Turkish Airlines.
2013-03-07 16:41 Project Playground During three sunny weeks in February, Project Playground was honored to have third year students from the secondary school Rosendalsgymnasiet in Uppsala visiting. Focusing on social studies and development studies, their ending project was perfect to take place at Project Playground. Below you can read the students’ own reflections and thoughts about their time in South Africa.
2013-03-06 17:26 Project Playground Thando, one of our soccer boys, lost both his parents when he was 15 years old, now living with his mother’s cousin and her children. Only one member of the family works and the mother is getting disability grant. The foster care grant was stopped since Thando stopped attending school.
