GAMES: UN board game to raise children's awareness of peace (AFGHANISTAN)

AFGHANISTAN: UN board game to raise children?s awareness of peace

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KABUL (IRIN) - Sitting under a tree in the outskirts of the capital Kabul, Sameh and his friends talked openly about very adult issues such as human rights, child kidnapping and landmines as they played a new UN-designed game entitled ?The Road to Peace?. "It is a nice game. It is informative and entertaining," Sameh said, pointing to the colourful game illustrated with text and numeric steps. "We have many physical games, but this is good for information and also it's mobile and can be played everywhere," the 13-year-old primary school pupil added.

FULL TEXT: http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=48371

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