Basic Needs

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. 

For StreetSmart Wheels partners, the code of the poster is SOCIETY-C2

• Roleplay: act out one children's right that is often not respected during the pandemic. The other players have to guess. Then, another player will act out another children's right. Ask the kids to share why they have chosen this right.
• Right to basic needs: focus more on the impact of the pandemic on basic needs. Discuss with the kids if they still have access to all basic needs: food, clothing, shelter? Is there a difference before and during the pandemic? How? What should be done to make sure children have access to basic needs at all time?
• Tell something unique: what have you done during the lockdown, linked to the children's rights? Ask the group to line up. Then ask to share something unique about themselves, something they have done during the past pandemic linked to a specific children's right. For example: right to healthcare: I have made face masks with my friends to distribute to people in my community... If no one else of the group has done this, you can do one step forward. Continue this process untill one of the players has done 5 or 10 steps forward. Don't forget to always make the link with a children's right to make it more difficult.

• Learn to know your rights and how they are affected during the pandemic