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Layla Grace Adventure Playground

Layla Grace Adventure Playground

Why Was This Project Selected?

In June 2021, the Brandenburg Family came on a family mission trip. One day after playing with her new friends, Layla, who is 8 years old, told us she’d discovered that there was no playground anywhere on the island, and to Layla Grace that was “simply unacceptable!” With that, she proceeded to lay out her case before us. “We’ve raised money to help Miss Sylvia and other big people with their houses, and fences but what about my friends? What about the little people, all the kids on Barbuda that have NO playground?”

We just looked at her in awe, and with a bit of conviction…

What we love about Layla Grace, is that her dream didn’t scare her; she was completely confident that God could and would help us raise all the money we needed, and HE DID!

Returning home Layla went to work raising money for a playground. Through lemonade stands, bake sales, and some promoting help from big people, aka Aunt Bonnie, Layla Grace raised the $35,000 needed to make her dream come true. It is because of her childlike faith that exactly one year later, the Layla Grace Adventure Playground stands tall in her Barbdua friend’s schoolyard.

Project Details

Partners

Kids Around The World International
Martinsburg Grace Brethren Church, PA

Playground Components

- - Triple Swing set with special needs swing
  - 3 slides, spiral, wave and combo tri-ride
  - Multiple design sets of monkey bars
  - Still rings
  - Noodle climbers
  - Climbing rock wall
  - Multi tiered layout

What is the potential impact for the local community?

It is always HOPE! Hope that the God who sees, saw the community’s need for a playground, and sent an 8 year old little girl. A child who wasn’t afraid to dream too big for her new friends, who she knew had far less than her.

Project Challenges

The cost of the playground Layla envisioned for her friends could be upwards of $150,000. We knew God would have to do something miraculous and HE DID! He led BFM to Kids Around the World International. This organization refurbishes playgrounds of $150,000+ and sells them for an 8th of the cost. The other major challenge is that BFM has never erected a playground of this size, well of any size for that matter!

About Layla

Layla was just 8 years old when God gave her the vision for the playground
Layla returned home from Barbuda and with the help of her family built a lemonade stand to start raising money for her playground project.