Safe and Unsafe spaces

Topic
- Arts & crafts
- Citizenship & human rights
- Identity & emotions
Learning skills
- Self-awareness
- Spatial orientation
- Critical & reflective thinking
- Communication & expression
Activity type
- Group discussion
Materials
- Basic
Age
- 12 - 14 years
- 15 - 17 years
>15 minutes
+5 players
Easy
Calm
Medium (classroom, square)

Contributors

Jessica

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Everything you need to play this game

Flipchart (or other large) paper
Coloured pens or pencils (especially black, green and red)
BANGLA Translation Manual Download bangla-safe-and-unsafe-spaces.pdf (189.6kb)
HINDI Translation Manual Download hindi-safe-and-unsafe-spaces.pdf (228kb)
NEPALI Translation Manual Download nepali-safe-and-unsafe-spaces.pdf (732.9kb)
PORTUGUESE Translation Manual Download portuguese-safe-and-unsafe-spaces.pdf (92.4kb)
SWAHILI Translation Manual Download swahili-safe-and-unsafe-spaces.pdf (534.2kb)

A step-by-step guide to play the game

Participants get into groups of three to five young people per group

Each group has a piece of flipchart paper and coloured pens or pencils

The group is asked to draw a map of places in their lives (such as home, school, drop-in centre, doctor, market, main square, etc). It does not need to be geographically accurate

Each group is asked to circle in green where they feel safe; and in red where they feel unsafe. Inform participants it is ok if they don’t agree – they can put a green and a red circle around a location

Give participants a few minutes to look at the finished maps.

Encourage discussion within and/or between the groups why certain places make them feel safe and unsafe.

Explain that the activity was to help participants identify and think about the safe places in their lives and that of their peers.

Extra game information

Duration: 45 minutes – 1 hour

Facilitator notes: Be aware, this exercise may bring out discussions on violence, which can be a sensitive topic for participants. It is important to have support staff to assist if anyone gets upset and to give participants the opportunity to leave if they choose. If a participant leaves, they need access to a safe space and a trusted adult to talk to.

Specific learning objectives

To understand where street children feel safe and unsafe, and enable the young people to think about the safe places in their lives and consider the risks to their safety.

What people said about this game

Sander Degeling

Partnership Coordinator Africa & Asia StreetwiZe • Mobile School BE

26 September, 2019

(1)

Very easy but extremely relevant activity to do with street-connected youth!

Mobile School NPO

Mobile School NPO BE

28 February, 2020

(1)

Great activity! As a variation, you can also do the activity one on one, give a rating to all the different spaces, or ask the children afterwards to make a drawing representing their 'ideal' safe space.

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