Every Child Deserves a Safe Space to Play, Learn, and Grow 🛝🌱

For children, play is not just a luxury—it’s essential for healthy brain development and a vital tool for coping with trauma. Yet for displaced children and families living in refugee camps, access to safe play spaces is rare.

Through Solidarity Engineering's Play & STEAM Education program, we provide both physical spaces and educational opportunities that spark joy, creativity, and healing for displaced children in Northern Mexico.

A Shared Vision: Using Creative Problem-Solving to Build Hope and Play 🎈

We’re thrilled to partner with our longtime partner and renowned designer, Cas Holman, who's bringing her signature style of child-directed, imaginative play to this project. The design for this play space will encourage exploration and creativity—a basic need that children in crisis need now more than ever.

Building on the success of other play projects in the area, Solidarity Engineering has already laid the foundation for this new park project (literally🚧) in partnership with Senda de Vida, an informal refugee shelter in Reynosa, Mexico.

The Senda 1 Park will be more than just a playground

It will be a safe, welcoming environment for children to play, explore, and enjoy the outdoors. For parents, it will be a space to find community and enjoy time with their kids. Even better, local children living in the surrounding colonia (neighborhood) will also be welcome to enjoy this space!

Our Vision for the Senda 1 Park:

We have big dreams for this park, and we need your help! Together, we can provide:

🌈 Swings, climbers, and rope courses (a must-have!)
🎭 Stage and mud kitchen (where imagination meets playing in the dirt, our personal favorite 🌱)
🌿 Shade structures, seating, and a rain garden (to protect the people and the planet🌎)

How You Can Help:

Our goal is to raise $25,000 to bring this vision to life.

Every dollar you contribute goes directly to the construction and maintenance of this space. Here are some examples of how your donation can make an impact:

$50 provides toys and sports equipment ⚽

$100 funds plants, trees, and other native vegetation🌱

$250 helps us build the stormwater channel, a key component of the site ⛈️

$500 provides more shaded seating ☀️

$1,000 helps us construct safe, durable, and engaging play equipment 🛝

Make A Lasting Impact on Children’s Well-Being:

We believe this park will profoundly impact the well-being of families living at Senda de Vida and the children who need a space to play and simply be kids. Let’s build a brighter future, one swing at a time. 💛

Will You Join Us? Donate Today! 🔝

Solidarity Inc. is approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. Solidarity Inc.'s Federal Identification Number (EIN) is 85-3924084.

The examples provided of how your donations may be used are for illustrative purposes only. Your generous contributions will be allocated to where they are needed most during the completion of this project. We ensure that your donation will be used effectively and efficiently to make the greatest possible impact. If you have questions, please contact Erin at erin@solidarityengineering.org.

💜The Power of Play at the US-Mexico Border

By Solidarity Engineering

💜The Power of Play at the US-Mexico Border

Help Build a Safe Park for Families at the Senda de Vida 1 Shelter 🛝