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Picture timeline on progress of the assignment. Through “Paying It Forward”, our group managed to enrich the everyday lives of school children in SJK (T) Ladang Ebor by building and revamping a new playground for them. Our aim is to emphasize that playtime for children is equally as important as studying and that they have every right to have access to a proper, functioning playground. Playing is essential for children’s development so we decided that by building a playground out of tires, we can indirectly teach them to be resourceful with common objects and understand that recycling is important. Also, we wanted to showcase the fact that you can indeed re use previously “unwanted” and “old” materials such as how we utilized the tires for a jungle gym, stepping stone and flower pots. Tires are among the largest and most problematic sources of waste, due to their wide usage and their durability. Every year, it is estimated about 259 million tires are simply discarded to junkyards or burned for fuel value because most people find that tires don’t have any other purpose besides protecting their car’s rims. We figured that if we obtained used tires we could give them a second chance by re-using them to build something fulfilling for the children. The duties that we needed to perform for this movement is to put together a playground by using tires. When the structures were complete, we will involve the children in making their playground beautiful by painting the dull black tires colourful with as many colours as possible, as well as paint a mural. We've estimated to need a minimum of 10-12 hours (split evenly on weekends as we have classes on the weekdays). This case study calls for us to further develop our community skills. By working in teams we learnt to enhance our team work abilities. We’ve created and adapted schemes that allowed us to benefit from the knowledge of our team members. These skills we learnt are crucial in our ability to develop good professional design practice in the near future. Therefore, participating in this project thought us not only to engage with the theme assigned to us, but also to embrace, analyse and ponder upon the concepts of community as its member ourselves. Through collaborative and dynamic movements, we have gained a profound understanding of our environment and our responsibility as community, as we strive to continue practicing real-world problem solving challenges using creative ideas. Read less