2009 Playgrounds

We built nine playgrounds over the summer and autumn, in the following towns: Izhevsk, Nizhnii Novgorod, Fryazino, Troitsk, Arzamas, Moscoa, Chelyabinsk and Novokuibishevsk.

30.08.09
Teachers from the special needs residential school in Arzamas have written to tell us that, thanks to the Naked Heart playground, all children who were having problems learning to count have learnt to count using the large numbers on the small house in their new playground.

20.10.09
The Children's Oncology Centre in Nizhny Novgorod has opened its new playground, meaning that all its young patients can play in the fresh air.

30.10.09
The Chelyabinsk children's fund «Warm Home» opened a Naked Heart playground on the grounds of the Children's Village, where orphans are housed with families so that they can get used to family life.

05.11.09
In November the Centre for Handicapped Children in Novokuibishevsk opened a Naked Heart playground for its children. They worked with play specialists at the centre to select the appropriate equipment for the playround. The facility is intended to help therapists and doctors in their work with the children.

07.11.09
An orphanage in Fryazino was the final beneficiary of a Naked Heart playground this year .