"Meininger, who grew up in Germany but now lives in London, likes making things. So when he saw how much his young sons enjoyed the jungle gym and play forts at the local park, he made an indoor treehouse for them."
"Watching the destruction of infrastructure on television, Meininger wondered what he could do to help Ukrainian children, and alighted on the idea of playgrounds. This was his first step towards creating Playrise, a charity he launched this week in London."
"The problem is that a lot of people end up in this temporary accommodation for a depressingly long time. Meininger set to work finding a solution."
"They went to the Aysaita camp for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia and two sites in Egypt—a hub for the Palestinian community in Cairo and a refugee site in Karkar for Sudanese fleeing the civil war."
Photographer Alexander Meininger, inspired by his children's enjoyment of playgrounds, created Playrise to help displaced families in disaster zones. After witnessing the destruction in Ukraine, he focused on designing affordable, flatpack play equipment. Collaborating with architects and engineers, he developed prototypes suitable for various environments. Meininger engaged with displaced communities in Egypt and Ethiopia to understand their needs, ensuring the equipment could be easily assembled and adapted to different spaces, addressing the long-term temporary nature of refugee accommodations.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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