Helen Murray, who previously worked as an area manager for Active Learning nurseries, is now volunteering in the Cantagalo favela of the Brazilian capital and hoping to provide the children with an outdoors play area.
‘My first visit to Brazil in 2008 was shocking as at that time you visibly saw gangs of street kids, grouping together to survive on the streets,’ Ms Murray said.
‘Today the situation is much better, but the issue is now education for the children in the communities.’
‘The crèche staff have no education so it becomes an ever-rotating cycle.’
The childcare practitioner is teaming up with outdoor design and equipment suppliers Playgarden, who have laid out an initial proposal for the design.
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