Games on inclusion of age, disability and gender in preparedness and humanitarian response

Games are a great way to help people learn. All the games here have been designed to support staff and volunteers in the humanitarian sector to work more inclusively and leave no one behind. Download the facilitation tips here.

The games cover a range of topics, some linking directly to the Humanitarian Inclusion Standards (HIS), and they use a variety of methods.

Why inclusion matters?

In this game, players assume the role of a community member. They decide the extent to which they are included in an NGO’s programming and activities.

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Unconscious bias

By the end of this game, players will be able to reflect on own unconscious bias and how people’s identities influence our relationships and decisions.

What is dignity?

By the end of this game, players will be able to recognise the importance of maintaining people’s dignity and the personal nature of dignity.

Resilience

Players work together to retell stories in which people receive appropriate
assistive products so as to live more independently and are more resilient when disasters occur.

Hearing older people

Disability

Players role play different characters and ask each other questions to discover the relationship between age and disability.

Further games:

Inclusive data

Need for inclusive data
Game players will be able to complete a Problem Tree, identify the root cause of a problem and give reasons why data is key to leaving no one behind.

Game players will be able to describe methods of inclusive data collection and the impact on assessment results and analysis.

Inclusive humanitarian programming

Rights-based model to programming

Designing inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities

Inclusion in Livelihoods: Instructions

How to manage inclusive communication in communities

Creating accessible meetings

Meaningful participation in decision-making

Attitudinal, environmental and institutional barriers

Mapping capabilities

Mapping vulnerabilities and  capacities of older people 

Mapping organisations and capacities 

Identifying vulnerabilities and capacities

Recognising capacities of older people in disaster risk management

Inclusion in disaster risk reduction

Buddy systems for pre, during and post disaster

Individual preparedness plans

Identifying support needed for evacuation

Inclusion in an evacuation plan

Inclusion in DRR Committees