Annual Report 2022-23: Building a World of Play
At Toybank — Development through Play, we have always believed in the Power of Play to transform lives, but in the past three years, its significance has shone brighter than ever. For nearly two decades, we have championed play-based learning, and today, the need for nurturing mental well-being and making informed choices has never been more urgent.
As the Covid-19 restrictions eased, we had to adapt swiftly to the new post-pandemic reality. We recognised the challenges children were likely to face – behavioral issues and learning regression. They needed a well-structured approach to maximise the benefits of play. Throughout the pandemic years, we worked tirelessly to rebuild our Play Programme and welcoming new team members with expertise in play to quickly attend to these post-covid classroom challenges.
The Annual Report highlights our work done amid Covid-19 restrictions being eased, and the team swiftly adapting to the new post-pandemic reality. It also talks about our efforts towards building new Play Programmes and restructuring our current ones so Play reaches more children in India. In addition, you will also find snippets of our Play Practitioners talking about how they now use Play in their everyday classrooms.
As we step into a milestone year, we continue to work towards ensuring that every child’s Right to Play is realised, and that in our lifetime, we will be able to make play an integral part of every childhood in India.
We dream of a world where joy and playfulness guide the very foundations of early childhood education, and where every child’s right to engage in play is not just recognised, but celebrated.
– Shweta Chari, Co-founder, CEO, Toybank
