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Kupang, located in Eastern Indonesia, is one of the poorest regions in the country — a small, friendly city surrounded by rural villages with limited resources and little to no electricity. In collaboration with Fisher-Price and Save the Children, our team traveled to Kupang to observe how young children learn, play, and create within these constraints.

Our team visited Kupang, a rural region in Eastern Indonesia, to understand how children learn and play in communities with limited resources. We observed classrooms, spoke with teachers and parents, and watched kids create their own toys from everyday materials. These insights inspired a set of low-cost, durable playground concepts designed to support early learning without electricity.

Moment I’ll never forget:
In a small village with no electricity, an elderly woman cooked for our team with everything she had, and the local women knitted scarves as gifts. Their warmth made the project even more meaningful.