COVID-19 PACKAGE - Business • Emotional reactions

This activity is a part of the COVID-19 package. The package aims to give youth workers the tools to discuss the consequences of the pandemic with their target group. The COVID-19 overview panel is the starting point for all the discussions. After playing the overview panel, extra activities on the seven different topics are available to dive deeper into the matter. 

The panel shows four different work-related situations, based on the basic emotions people have. The situations on the panel are the following:

1. Street vendor is happy to sell oranges to customers
2. Street vendor is sad because his neighbor is able to give discount on products
3. Street vendor is angry because someone is stealing his bananas
4. Street vendor is afraid because a customer is not satisfied with the product?

The COVID-19 crisis impacts on both the demand and the supply sides of the labour market, and it has major implications for the goal of ensuring full employment and decent work. In particular, the crisis is pushing many families into poverty and increasing existing inequalities. Therefore, the business panels are the perfect tool to reflect on the consequences with your target group.

• Lessons and words learned: ask the players if they have learn some new work-related words during the pandemic. Additionally, you can ask what the main lessons were they have learned during the unusual time.
• Roleplay: ask the children to act out a work-related situation they have witnessed during the pandemic.

• Learn how to express emotions
• Learn how to be resilient in times of economic disruption
• Learn how to look for opportunities when the going gets tough