East African Playgrounds

East African Playgrounds is a UK registered charity and international NGO, focused on East Africa, primarily Uganda. Children need to play to access their childhood, allowing them to gain all the developmental benefits that play has to offer giving them the tools for future success.

East African Playgrounds take an innovative child-centred approach to education and use the power of play to transform the lives of children through their play programs.

Working with disadvantaged young adults, lacking formal education, East African Playgrounds provide apprentice programs to develop young people’s skills, knowledge and experience to enter the work place with a trade, skill and greater confidence.

A dynamic, fast growing charity that in the past 9 years have become the leading play-based charity in East Africa, resulting in their impact being recognised by UNICEF and the Ministry of Education and Sport.