Powering the Light to Learn: Empower Playgrounds

Autor/in	Williams, Amy
Titel	Powering the Light to Learn: Empower Playgrounds
Quelle	In: Childhood Education, 96 (2020) 6, S.6-13 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4056
DOI	10.1080/00094056.2020.1846369
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Playgrounds; Playground Activities; Energy; Equipment; Females; Hygiene; Empowerment; Access to Education; Well Being; Sanitation; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Playground; Spielplatz; Energie; Weibliches Geschlecht; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Betriebshygiene
Abstract	In many parts of the world, multiple challenges affect children's ability to access and benefit from education. Innovations that provide multiple solutions can be truly transformative. This article describes the impact one company has had for good on rural villages in Ghana. Empower Playgrounds has developed electricity-generating playground equipment that turns children's play into renewable electricity that charges lanterns the children can use to study at night. Since Empower Playgrounds began in 2008, they have installed 60 merry-go-rounds at schools throughout rural Ghana. The resulting access to electricity has helped children elevate their reading levels. As those reading levels have increased, so has their attendance and desire to attend school and learn more. Students have begun to thrive in ways previously not possible. Additionally, Empower Playgrounds has partnered with Days for Girls to deliver feminine hygiene kits to each of our schools. Each kit is delivered with a UNICEF education pamphlet specifically made for girls in Ghana. Training is provided to the girls, their parents, and the teachers. The training material expands upon the basic Ghanaian health curriculum and includes practical information on menstruation, health, and hygiene. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01