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3rd World Farmer (0 comments)
Age Range 11 and up
Description
3rd World Farmer lets players manage a small virtual farm in a developing country, and thus experience the hardships and dilemmas faced by the poor.
Developer
3rd World Farmer Team
Social Issue Channels
Economics
Poverty
Global Conflict
Politics
Ayiti: The Cost of Life (0 comments)
Age Range 11 and up
Description
Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a game that challenges its players to manage a rural family of five in Haiti over four years and keep them healthy, get them educated, and help them survive. Develop in a unique partnership between youth in an after school program and a professional game developer, the game has been played over a half million times since its launch six months ago and has proven to be a hit as both an engaging game and as a tool for education.
Developer
Global Kids and GameLab
Social Issue Channels
Human Rights
Poverty
Food Force (1 comment)
Age Range 7 and up
Description
Food Force is an educational action computer game that teaches kids about the problem of global hunger and the importance of humanitarian aid work.
Developer
Deepend Srl for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Social Issue Channels
Poverty
Global Conflicts: Latin America (0 comments)
Age Range Description
Global Conflicts: Latin America is a 3D-roleplaying game that let players explore key problems in Latin American countries. The region is one of the most turbulent, violent, and poverty-striken places in the world, yet we rarely hear anything about the nations that struggle with paramilitary rule, extreme poverty, and exploitation of the population.
Developer
Serious Games Interactive
Social Issue Channels
Human Rights
Poverty
Environment
Global Conflict
Politics
Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City (0 comments)
Age Range 11 and up
Description
Global Kids Youth Leaders selected the topic of Hurricane Katrina and worked with game developers Gamepill to create Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City. The web-based game recognizes local heroes that emerged during the disaster while educating its players about the essentials of disaster readiness and of reporters.
Developer
Global Kids and Gamepill
Social Issue Channels
Human Rights
Economics
Poverty
Environment
News
Politics
Karma Tycoon (0 comments)
Age Range 11 and up
Description
Karma Tycoon is an online strategy game in which players solve community problems, such as homelessness, in cities across the US. Players learn the ins and outs of the not-for-profit world as they apply for grants, receive donations and have to manage their budget efficiently. It is available free of charge at KarmaTycoon.com
Developer
9mmedia (and Do Something)
Social Issue Channels
Economics
Poverty
Reach the World’s GeoGames (0 comments)
Age Range Description
Can you build the globe in less than three minutes? Give your world geography skills a test with Reach the World’s GeoGames, an online, interactive suite of geography-learning games based on research at Teachers College, Columbia University and funded originally by the National Geographic Society Education Foundation.
Developer
Reach the World and Dangerous Media, with underwriting support from the National Geographic Society Education Foundation
Social Issue Channels
Economics
Poverty
Other
Real Lives 2010 (0 comments)
Age Range 11 and up
Description
Real Lives 2010 is the latest version of the Real Lives simulation that enables you to live a life in any country of the world, all based on real world statistics.
Developer
Educational Simulations
Social Issue Channels
Human Rights
Economics
Public Policy
Poverty
Global Conflict
Politics
Runesinger (0 comments)
Age Range 7 and up
Description
Play with Korean. Feed a village. Practice a few nouns and verbs by serving food to villagers during a famine in North Korea. Each villager sings the food they need. Compose the letters into a magic word. Play in virtual environment and user interface that embody Hangul.
Developer
Ethan Kennerly et al.
Social Issue Channels
Poverty
Other
UN Global Compact Dilemma Game (0 comments)
Age Range 18 and up
Description
The United Nations Global Compact Dilemma Game is a board game that allows players to try to solve a series of challenging real life business dilemmas. The dilemmas cover human rights, environmental, labour standard and corruption issues
Developer
Responsible Business Solutions
Social Issue Channels
Human Rights
Economics
Poverty
Environment
Politics
Other
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