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Project Playground works to improve the life opportunities of children and youth through organized social activities and sports, and has recently been joined in an ambassadorial role by Swedish Olympic champion and arena Elite Team swimmer, Sarah Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m. arena partner Waterproof Sports AB will be the company\u2019s lead representative on this initiative in Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Project Playground is distinctive for its focus on the individual and its holistic approach, which aims to promote positive ways of thought, behavior and attitude, and tackle prejudice, peer-pressure and exclusion. Its current initiatives include helping children in townships around Cape Town, South Africa, and unaccompanied children in Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project is very dear to me,\u201d said Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m, \u201cand being an ambassador for Project Playground means that I may influence children without means to reach their inner potential. 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