#hangberg

The playground is at the centre of the community, both literally and figuratively. We were pleased to discover it was full of children, who were running around playing soccer, volleyball, and spinning each other on a merry-go-round. A few mothers were watching them from their windows in the flats above the playground. 

The site is barren – it is mostly tarred and has no trees, very little grass and not much in the form of jungle-gyms. The equipment that is there is old and run down. But the children do not let this put them off – they kick bottles around and a few had even made an impromptu slide from the wheelchair path next to the stairs. They were sitting on pieces of chip-board and sliding down the concrete. 

The retaining wall that faces the playground is covered in graffiti but on the other side, facing outwards, is painted “Our Community, Our Pride.” We hope soon there will be even more to be proud of there.