Gwangju Buk-gu, Operating Visiting Village Playground Program

On the 30th, Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced that starting from the 1st of next month, it will operate the 'Visiting Village Playground' program targeting about 300 children under the age of 18 in the region.

The Visiting Village Playground program is a new policy promoted by Buk-gu from this year to provide children with opportunities for proactive participation in play, aiming to foster a healthy play culture and enhance children's right to play.

Previously, Buk-gu confirmed the demand for participation from children through incident investigations targeting child-use facilities such as local children's centers, and selected eight children's parks in each district with good accessibility for children and secured play activity spaces as the village playground sites, establishing an efficient foundation for the program's implementation.

The main content of the program involves play experts visiting the village playgrounds directly to provide children with creative play experiences such as traditional folk games. The program is planned to be held twice per park from the 1st of next month to October at Habek, Usan, Yangsan Dalbit, Taebong, Mudeung, Gajak, Dangsan, and Dooly Children's Parks.

In November, a competition themed on the games learned through the program will be held to promote friendly competition and harmony among children. Additionally, during the program period, the installation of banners promoting children's right to play will be conducted simultaneously to enhance the project's effectiveness.

A Buk-gu official stated, "This program, introduced for the first time this year, will be a new opportunity to guarantee and promote children's basic right to play," and added, "We will continue to review measures to protect children's rights and promote their policy participation to do our best in creating an inclusive child-friendly city."

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