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DRR Can Be Fun! The Role of Games, Videos & Music in DRR work

DRR Can Be Fun! The Role of Games, Videos & Music in DRR work. So you are a NGO worker…. How do you explain this ?. Benjamin Franklin. “ Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”. DRR Tools to “involve ”. How to move from being just FUN

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DRR Can Be Fun! The Role of Games, Videos & Music in DRR work

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  1. DRR Can Be Fun!The Role of Games, Videos & Music in DRR work

  2. So you are a NGO worker…

  3. How do you explain this ?

  4. Benjamin Franklin “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

  5. DRR Tools to “involve” How to move from being just FUN to:Raising Awareness?&Influencing Behaviour Change?

  6. The power of DRR Games “Games can be a fantastic platform for dialogue, for establishing a safe space for collaboration, for trying different strategies for how to deal with future risks” Pablo Suarez, Associate Director for Research and Innovation, IFRC Climate Centre

  7. Games, a powerful tool for DRR? • Participatory methodology to help people understand complex issues and facilitate informed decision-making • allow stakeholders from very different backgrounds (literacy, hierarchy, social status) to bring their own knowledge to the table in a safe environment where they can interact and communicate freely • efficient learning mechanism when you have a short period of time • simulate the complex reality people live in!

  8. A taster of the power of Games in promoting Resilience From early warning to early action: The Doune Baba Dieye game

  9. Other Tools to influence In Central America & the Caribbean – DRR rap songs developed by children In South East Asia – Child led DRR Participatory videos

  10. Join our DRR Can be Fun Panel Discussions Sessions Where?-1 level of International Conference Centre When? • DRR & Games: Tuesday 21 May @ 4-5 pm • DRR & Videos: Wednesday22 May@5.30-6:30 pm • DRR & Music: Thursday 23 May @ 5.30-7 pm– followed by a DRR can be Fun closing Party!!!!

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