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Unit 12 Plans and dreams
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www.english0905.com Children play in an Anthill Creations playground.
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Pooja Rai is an architect. She lives There are now over 300 of Pooja’s
and works in Bengaluru, India. playgrounds in India. Pooja’s
When she was at home, she often watched organization, Anthill Creations, plans
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the children from her local area. They usually to build new playgrounds every year.
played on the street. She thought about Each playground uses 40 to 50 old
this. Why were there no playgrounds for tires, so the playgrounds are
these children? cheap to make. They are also
good for the environment
Playgrounds are expensive to build. But Pooja because they use and recycle
Rai knows how to build things. She wanted to trash. The playgrounds
help these children. are in schools and they are
Pooja designed a playground that wasn’t open to everyone. They
expensive to build. She watched the children’s are changing the lives of
games and she got ideas for the playground. the children—now they are
She found old tires and other materials in the happy and excited to come
area. She painted the tires in bright colors and to school. The playgrounds
made climbers, slides, and swings from the are helping to give them
old tires. a better future.
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