The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Philanthropy Games By And For Kids And Donors
By Michele Donohue
Poverty in Haiti, fumbling rescue efforts during Hurricane Katrina, medical racism against prisoners are topics that are barely thought about by teenagers.
But Brooklyn teens thought that these sensitive, complex issues needed exposure – and create games to do just that.
‘’We give them free reign to decide what topic they want to pick – and they inevitably pick the most difficult topics you could imagine,’’ said Barry Joseph, director of online the leadership program at Global Kids, a New York-based nonprofit that teaches urban youth how to develop and create online games that highlight social issues. The nonprofit’s Playing 4 Keeps after school program has kids meeting twice a week after school to talk about global topics and develop a social game. ‘’You have to figure out how to generalize [the issue], so it works in the game context, without trivializing it,’’ said Joseph."
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