Yesterday the grade 7 did a project to teach them how hard it is to live in poverty. How hard it is to have a small amount of money and having to pay a lot to survive. The game was held for 3 sessions by help from the teachers. The students were divided into groups they then were told to pick a house and survive through the sessions with their family (groups). Throughout the game the students were told to pick some chances that can either make a huge bad impact on them or a good one, some of them got chances that made them live under the bridge some got chances that made them go to the public toilet for free. One of the challenges they had was to make paper bags that has to be ‘ perfect in order ‘ to sell it to the shop keeper and to earn money , although that was challenging we still also had to pay rent which kept on increasing, send some children to school, buy food and buy utensils needed to live. Some of us was sick and were not able to work. in the end life with poverty is very difficult and challenging and we learned to appreciate our items more then taking it for granted. The game was very challenging and was such a a great experience for us. We learned so much about how hard it is to live in poverty.
ignessya 