Source: The East African
September 12, 2011
By Bamuturaki Musinguzi (email the author)
A new board game that hopes to promote the sustainable use of Uganda’s natural resources and conserve the country’s wildlife heritage has been launched in the country.
The environmental education board game, called Uganda Snapshot Safari, targets local schools and is centred around Queen Elizabeth and Rwenzori Mountains national parks in western Uganda.
The idea is the joint effort of the USAid-Star programme — which supports sustainable tourism and biodiversity conservation in the Albertine Rift in western Uganda — with the Wildlife Clubs of Uganda (WCU), Uganda Wildlife Authority, the Jane Goodall Institute and Nature Uganda.
The game, designed for children above 10, features snap photo cards, question cards, two dice, six coloured pawns, a ranger badge, a direction fact sheet and answer key. It also features two communities — the Basongora and Bakonzo — four birds (the lesser flamingo, white-throated bee-eater, klaa’s cuckoo and painted snipe), as well as four wild animals (a warthog, hippopotamus, elephant and banded mongoose).
The game is played by three to seven players, one of whom is the park ranger, who monitors movement on the trail, making sure the rules are followed and questions are answered correctly.
Read more here
September 12, 2011
By Bamuturaki Musinguzi (email the author)
A new board game that hopes to promote the sustainable use of Uganda’s natural resources and conserve the country’s wildlife heritage has been launched in the country.
The environmental education board game, called Uganda Snapshot Safari, targets local schools and is centred around Queen Elizabeth and Rwenzori Mountains national parks in western Uganda.
The idea is the joint effort of the USAid-Star programme — which supports sustainable tourism and biodiversity conservation in the Albertine Rift in western Uganda — with the Wildlife Clubs of Uganda (WCU), Uganda Wildlife Authority, the Jane Goodall Institute and Nature Uganda.
The game, designed for children above 10, features snap photo cards, question cards, two dice, six coloured pawns, a ranger badge, a direction fact sheet and answer key. It also features two communities — the Basongora and Bakonzo — four birds (the lesser flamingo, white-throated bee-eater, klaa’s cuckoo and painted snipe), as well as four wild animals (a warthog, hippopotamus, elephant and banded mongoose).
The game is played by three to seven players, one of whom is the park ranger, who monitors movement on the trail, making sure the rules are followed and questions are answered correctly.
Read more here
