Recently in our class, we played an online game called "Darfur is Dying" to learn about refugee camps.
Darfur is a camp in Sudan that really exists.
In the game you have to choose a character to be first. The first task is running from your camp to a fresh water well to get water for your camp. The kids run faster and some can run away from the Janjaweed soldiers that would capture you if they caught up to you. The parents can carry more water than the kids can but do not run as fast.
The idea of the game is to keep your camp alive and well. So you have to keep up your water supply by running to the well again. You bring some water to the fields to grow food and you give resources to the medical place to get medicine.
You can walk around and click on the question marks to learn more about Darfur.
It was fun and sad and I definitely recommend it!
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