The playing cards feature a range of everyday activities that are common in Kiribati.
Youth playing the game (which uses an image of a village as the board).
The reverse side of each card features information regarding the impact of each activity on groundwater quality.
The Bingo can be played with a large group of people of all ages.
Facilitator instructions:
1. Inform about the water lens, how it gets contaminated and what can be done to avoid contamination. Please see Unit 4 Water Pollution and Protection, Water Committee Training Module 3: Water and Health Awareness (available from the Kiribati Adaptation Project).
2. Divide the participants into five smaller groups and divide one set of cards amongst the participants in every group. Ask them to place the cards in front of themselves so that the pictures are all visible. One set of game cards (black and white) is for the facilitator.
3. Then it is like normal bingo. The facilitator randomly picks one card at a time and calls out the name of the activity, animal or construction. If the participants have the card, they take it away.
4. The facilitator keeps on calling until the first person in the group has no more cards visible and calls out Bingo! Give out some candy to the winners.
5. For the next step place the picture of the water lens in the middle of the group and explain to the group what it is.
6. The group then has to place their cards they have been given inside or outside of the water area depending on whether they think it can have an impact on the water lens or not. Tell the participants not to look at the backside of the card.
7. When all the cards have been placed in all groups, all the people in the groups leave their board and move to the board of another group. The cards of the other group is turned over so that the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ sign can easily be read and then the number of right answers inside the protection zone are counted.
8. The group with the most correct answers wins the second round and receive some candy.
9. Then let the participants take turns in reading the backside of the cards out loud to the rest of the group so that the group learn about why the water is polluted and what can be done to avoid pollution. Encourage discussion amongst the participants.
10. Now ask every group to discuss which of the activities the Community/School should keep outside of the area. The facilitator should take notes of their answers.
Facilitators explaining the rules in a maneaba
For a high resolution version of the game, please visit the Kiribati Adaptation Program: PO Box 462, Bairiki, Republic of Kiribati - www.climate.gov.ki
