This was a group project that was done with two other people and it was submitted into the nation wide IDEC competition. This project addressed the AIDS epidemic in South Africa, but primarily the "Lost Generation". The "Lost Generation" is the people (mainly children) who have lost one or both parents to AIDS and are then left to deal with the hardships of raising their siblings, keeping a roof over their head's and food on the table. This can be very hard and overwhelming for children and teens with four or more siblings and is no way a child deserves to live. After doing research with the group we found that there was a huge difference in the daily life between a child with one or both parents and child with no parents at all. These children with no parents were forced to become the parent in the situation. We found that children who had a parent were able to experience their own free time and leisure after school and those with no parent had no time to their self, even to do homework of their own. This is why my team decided to design an easily interchangeable sports field that could be duplicated in the areas that were mostly effected by the AIDS epidemic. Sports and recreation are huge in Africa and so an outdoor sports field seemed to fit with what we were wanting to do. This sports field's many different playing field options was made possible by simply applying chalk lines with a chalk dispenser and providing the field with a sturdy, covered bleacher set. These bleachers would allow children to come with their siblings and watch them play while the eldest got their homework done or maybe even allows those who have no free time to enjoy themselves.
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