Ayiti The Cost of Life
1. What was it like playing the game?
This game was actually very interisting, but yet very difficult. Whilst playing this game, I applied the same concepts I used in 3rd World Farmer and it made it a bit easier
2. What was the game about and how would you describe it to a friend?
This game is about how life is in Haiti. The struggle you face in this game is what Haitians face in real life. If I had to describe this game to a friend I would say, " This game shows you how it is like to live in extreme poverty, and to not have enough of the basic human needs."
3. Which 'primary objective' did you choose, and why?
I chose Education. I chose this because I thought it might help me with getting better jobs and I also thought that If you don't get education you can't get a well-paying job.
4. What types of decisions did you have to make about the family members while playing the game and trying to achieve your objective?
I had to think a lot on what i'm going to make each family memeber do. So eventually I sent the mum to work on the farm, and the father and son to work, whilst the two other children were resing at home.
5. What strategies did you use? For example, did you combine work and school, or did you send anyone to school? Which worked? Which did not?
I sent the mum, dad, and one of the children to work and I kept the other two children at home until the mum, dad, and other child got home a little sick then I switched them around so the family could get money. Also, while the mum, dad, and other child was a work, the other two children were in school.
6. Why would parents choose to devote so much effort sending their children to school?
So their kids can get a good education, get a good job and then try to help the family out of poverty
7. What obsticles did you face in trying to keep the children in school?
My family was bankrupt and i couldn't afford to pay for their education
8. How did the situations and options in the game compare with those in your own community/city?
The situations in the game aren't exactly like what happens in my communtiy/city but there are quite a few people who are in extreme poverty and can't afford to put their kids in school and give them an education.
9. Why is access to education a huge challenge as LEDC's try to develop?
Access to education is a huge challange in LEDC countries because eduation costs a lot of money and lots of people can't afford it especially in LEDC countries.
10. Why is it vital to a country's development to educate its people - especially women?
So the people can get an education to learn how to read or write so they can have a bright future and everyone in the country should be able to get an education even if it means if they pay a little less so the kids will go off and study and maybe come back the country later on.
11. Suggest some ways that countries could prioritize education, even for women, even in the countryside. How can they do this?
There could be little school where kids go everyday for a few hours to at least learn how to read and write and maybe the parents don't have to pay that much so the kids can get an education and still help with farming.
12. Think back on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Look at the 8 targets. Look at how Haiti is doing so far. What will the targets be in the next 5 years for this country?
~ Achieve Universal Primary Education
~ Improve Materanl Health
~ Combat HIV/AIDS, maleria and other diseases
The Game Website: http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/rights/explore_3142.html
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