· Playing grounds; 49 · The Children’s Theatre Project (CTP) - currently operating in 70 primary schools in 3 regions; · The Children’s Theatre Festival - an annual event now involving primary school pupils. · An on-going arts training programme for teachers of pre-primary schools; · Children’s visits to historical sites, game reserves and national parks; · Children’s participation in games and sports and cultural events. On Zanzibar, several measures have been taken by the Ministry to improve sports, recreation and cultural activities including: allocation of special time for sports in school time tables; training of sports teachers; diversifying of annual sports activities in schools which include football, netball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, athletics, hockey etc; annual sports and cultural competition from pre-school to university; youth participation in international sports; provision of sports opportunities to disabled children. Playgrounds are also available in all Zanzibar schools. There are three 3 official stadium in Zanzibar and two official children playgrounds, though the grounds needs substantial improvement. 9. Special Protection Measures Refugee and Displaced Children Article 23 and 25 Tanzania is a party to the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees as well as the 1969 African Regional Convention. In 1998 a new law called the Refugee Act was 49 The recreation grounds are governed by the Public Recreation Grounds Act. Under this law, Local Authorities are empowered to control and manage public recreation grounds. Such grounds are only to be used for sports and recreation and not for any other purpose. The Ministry of Land Settlement Development can declare a public land as a recreation ground upon request and consultation with the local authorities. However in major cities/towns in Tanzania recreation grounds are becoming scarce due to a number of factors including invasions by small and big businesses. 57