15 Games that can also be used as energizer and ice breakers in workshops or community trainings: 1. Meet my Daughter: to introduce group members at the beginning of the workshop and to create a relaxed atmosphere. 2. My Passion: to introduce group members at the beginning of the workshop. 3. Animal Crackers: To introduce group […]
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A fast-paced game on Climate Risk Management for crowd or auditorium settings. Participants take the role of disaster managers working together in teams (represented by rows in the auditorium or groups in a crowd). Each year, players must decide between investing in taking early action for flood preparedness, or whether to invest in planning and
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The goal of Upstream Downstream is to have the most amount of wealth by investing wisely in one’s farm. Will you have a prosperous farm, or will drought and floods be your downfall?
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A guide for facilitating participatory games.
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A participatory activity for communities affected by disasters aimed at inspiring a desire to learn about safe building methods, in particular “bracing” (structural reinforcement). With limited time and materials, players construct shelter for households recently affected by an extreme event. They confront the trade-offs between quick and cheap housing versus stronger but more resource- and
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In Decisions for the Decade, each participant is a provincial governor and small teams make up the governing body of a nation. All participants begin the game with a budget of ten beans (for a ten-year cycle), and seek to maximize the prosperity of their province and country by investing their budget in long-term development.
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The publication features the UpRiver game and explicitly acknowledges support from American Red Cross in its development. Online home for the Guide http://engagementgamelab.org/pdfs/engagement-game-guide.pdf
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Games encourage empowered action and they generate shared experiences and discussions that are truly participatory. For humanitarian organizations and local volunteers it is an active learning experience; a playful dialogue about situated action rather than an abstract discussion or exercise.Despite their usefulness, many people view games as a child’s pastime, as a medium that is not serious, and is
Case study reviewing curricula changes and retrofitting programs introdcued in Bogotá, Colombia to promote both safe schools and disaster preparedness education in schools. Online version of case study http://www.preventionweb.net/files/7673_CCocaODCardonaSchoolcasestudyofBogota.pdf
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This is a card based game designed to accelerate the learning processes required to turn early warning into early action. The game is based on forecast-based options and decisions. In many developing countries, consumers of weather forecasts often cannot understand experts’ statements about likely future conditions; scientists meanwhile cannot understand why their forecasts are not
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