2012-05-02 09:28 Project Playground On friday we celebrated Freedom Day in South Africa. For the last 18 years democracy has ruled this nation, and the ones who were born just as apartheid ended may now also cast their votes in the elections.

2012-04-19 10:57 Project Playground The Chaeli Campaign was founded on 6 August 2004 by five girls between the ages of 6 and 12. Chaeli Mycroft, her sister Erin and lifelong friends, the Terry sisters Tarryn, Justine and Chelsea started The Chaeli Campaign to raise R20 000 for Chaeli’s motorised wheelchair.

2012-04-16 15:29 Project Playground I realized some time ago that I should have begun the section about the participants by introducing you to the young lady who I am now about to present. WHY? Because she is the seed that created the beautiful and vivid Play on Wheels flower that exists today.

2012-04-11 13:28 Project Playground He might be blind, with no speech and profound celebral palsy, BUT this Mr. can move! As soon as the music turns on or when there are people singing he can no longer sit still in his wheelchair.

2012-03-30 14:45 Project Playground The fourth participant is a girl with mild celebral palsy. What fascinates me most about this girl is that I have never seen her in a bad mood. As soon as you greet her, talk to her and look at her she smiles and laughs, She loves the attention.

2012-03-29 14:43 Project Playground A singer and a dancer. That is how I would describe the next participant that I want to present to you. Her nickname therefore came very naturally to us. We call her “Lady Gaga”. In the beginning her musical interest wasn´t very obvious though.

2012-03-28 14:40 Project Playground The second participant I will introduce to you in my serial story about the Play on Wheels participants is a young lady with Down Syndrome. It is a girl with a strong personality! The most apparent characteristics so far are her stubbornness and determination.

2012-03-20 14:13 Project Playground In the coming blog posts I will be introducing you to our lovely participants a little further. They are all amazing characters and I would therefore like you to briefly “get to know” the person behind the faces you see on the pictures.

2012-03-19 14:09 Project Playground Today we had the privileged of welcoming a special Swedish guest to the center. His name is Per Fransson and he is a Professor in Psychology at Umeå University. Being in Cape Town for holidays he was kind enough to take time and come to the center to facilitate a workshop for us.

2012-03-15 14:06 Project Playground On Friday the Project Playground/Play on Wheels team based in Sweden arrived in Cape Town. For the majority of the PoW staff (including me!) it was the first time to meet with them and everyone was very excited!