In a unique co-operation between Israel, Palestine and Jordan, children follow the migration routes of soaring birds and at the same time make friends in neighbouring countries. This Education project is multi-disciplinary and children learn geography, physics, biology and IT and simultaneously take a big step towards peace. They communicate with other children along the migration route, following the birds. Our thanks to Laurent Dubois at EduNet Switzerland for forwarding details of this project. The National Playing Fields Association is the only national organisation which has specific responsibility for acquiring, protecting and improving playing fields, playgrounds and playspace where they are most needed, and for those who need them most - in particular, children of all ages and people with disabilities.
Many children have nowhere safe and interesting to play outside.
For some children, there isn't even space at home to make a noise, make a mess or have friends over. The most deprived children don't have a home of their own and they have even less chance to play freely. We also help schools to improve their playgrounds. The Information Service at Kidsactive deals with over 2000 enquiries a year on all aspects of play for disabled children. Kidsactive operates a national database of contacts and organisations in the play and disability fields, and produces a number of publications and fact sheets and has a resource room packed with books, journals, articles and videos on inclusive play.