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M N Krishna Rao Park, Basavangudi

After Coles Park and Gayatri Devi Park, one more Inclusive Play Space, at the M N Krishna Rao Park, Basavangudi, was inaugurated by Chamrajpet MLA Hemchandra Sagar on 13th Jan, 2010. The Municipal Commissioner, Mr. Bharat Lal Meena, who was also present, instructed his officers from the Horticulture Department to make Inclusiveness and accessibility a feature of all parks. He also showed willingness to take Kilikili's inputs to develop guidelines for making all play spaces inclusive. Developed with inputs from Kilikili, the M N Krishna Rao park has a wheelchair accessible play station with many fun elements such as sound rods, textured tiles, a bell, a steering wheel, knots and crosses and an abacus. There are also safe swings, a tyre tunnel, wheelchair merry-go-rounds, tyre swings, a Wheel-through arcade with pipes of different textures and width - all aimed at providing multi sensorial stimualtion to all children.

The challenge for us at Kilikili is to now ensure that this play space gets well utilised. We welcome volunteers and schools who can help us enable more and more children with disabilities to make the most of this play space. Please do contact Kanika at 9538978711 or email her at kanika@kilikili.org in case you would like to be associated with this project.

Gayatri Devi park, Rajajinagar

While inaugurating the Coles Park inclusive play space, the then Municipal commissioner, Mr K Jairaj had sanctioned two more projects – one in South Zone and one in West Zone to be made disabled-friendly. Kilikili was invited to provide design inputs to the contractors associated with this project for the Gayatri Devi park in Rajajinagar in West Zone. A unique play structure that is completely wheelchair accessible with a ramp, a merry-go-round and a slide has been constructed, along with other inclusive equipment such as wheelchair sand tables, safe swings, a sensory integration track, a tyre tunnel and an accessible basketball pole.

We need parents, schools and volunteers to help us get children to this play space. Please contact us at info@kilikili.org or call 98807 42028 to find out more.

Coles Park

We chose Coles Park, a public park in East Bangalore as the site for our first project. In collaboration with the local Municipal Corporation, the play space in Coles park has been made accessible. Today, Kilikili conducts regular activities aimed at inclusion and integration with children of all abilities. For more information on Coles Park and how you can get involved, please contact us at projects@kilikili.org

Location

Coles park is located in Fraser Town in Bangalore on Promenade Road. Map

What’s special about the play space in Coles park

• It is India’s first inclusive public play space, modified in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation
• There is a ramp at the main gate to facilitate entry (photo)
• There is a wheelchair track in the play space that allows easy movement for wheelchair users (photo –birds eye view
• Regular play equipment such as swings and merry-go-rounds have been fitted with safe seats to make children without upper body support feel secure and safe. (photo- inclusive by design)
• The slide has a raised side to enable its use by children fearful of heights.(any photo with child on slide)
• A wheelchair sandpit and a Sensory Integration track are being constructed

For more information on Coles Park, download these papers:

Kilikili Coles Park Booklet (pdf, 4,500 kb)

Pamphlet on the developmental benefits of play (pdf, 147 kb)

Coles Park Equipment details pamphlet (pdf, 317 kb)

Coles Park Children Story (pdf, 198 kb)