Advance six steps: How the Riskland board game prepares youngsters for disaster

Advance six steps: How the Riskland board game prepares youngsters for disaster

29 AUGUST 2013

In 2007 the town of Popondetta, in the province of Oro in Papua New Guinea, was one of many to feel the might of a category 3 tropical storm: Cyclone Guba.

Twelve-year-old Archie Ohusa was eight at the time, but he still remembers the shock as he gathered with his family and neighbours in a churchyard – forced to camp out – after their homes had been flooded. “I was frightened,” recalls Archie.  “This was the first time I’d seen something like this and I was so scared about losing our home.”

Click here to read more: http://blogs.unicef.org.uk/2013/08/27/riskland-board-game-climate-change-childrens/

Source: UNICEF UK Blog

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