Streets for Kids

“Streets for Kids aims to inspire leaders, inform practitioners, and empower communities to make cities around the world better for children and their caregivers.”

Streets for Kids is a program of the Global Designing Cities Initiative that looks at cities through the lens of children and their caregivers. It is based on the publication Designing Streets for Kids, that highlights strategies, programs, and policies that cities around the world have used to design spaces that enable children of all ages and abilities to utilize cities’ most abundant asset – streets.

In my role as Program Manager for the Streets for Kids program, I led technical support four cities around the world: Abuja, Nigeria; Cerrillos, Chile; Cuenca, Ecuador; and Solo, Indonesia. My job involved working closely with teams on the ground to roll out our projects smoothly, ensuring everything from the design to the activities engaged children effectively. I also managed communications, created educational materials, and site visits.

One of my main projects has been to create a new publication called "How to Engage Kids in Street Design", from writing, editing, and design to organizing reviews to ensure the final product was both useful and easy to understand. In addition, I looked after the Urban 95 Academy Technical Assistance, improving our support for the teams we worked with, leading workshops, and analyzing our success.

I’ve also been involved in the management of the program. Through all this work, I focused on the goal of making cities safer and more enjoyable for children, ensuring our team's hard work translated into real-world impact.

LOCATION

International

PARTNER

Global Designing Cities Initiative

YEAR

2019-2024

ROLE

Program Management

PHOTOS

GDCI