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Description

Flooding and building activity - on a sandbank in Honduras

Resources

Materials Needed
 2 sandbar photos attached
 6 family backgrounds attached
 Ball of string to mark out the sandbar outside the patrols
 Spaghetti; lollipop sticks; marshmallows; paper
 Water Gun/s
 Markers and paper
 Rubbish bag
If indoors:
 Table / floor covers
 Hairdryer & extension lead

Instructions

Introduction
Show photo 1, the position of the sandbar in Honduras. People live precarious lives here, badly affected by the weather, with little or no support from local government. However, they don’t want to leave, this is their home, they have nowhere else to go.
Show photo 2, the only land access along the beach road which gets blocked due to flooding, high tide, rising sea levels, or all the above. Then the only access is by sea, or the river. To leave in a hurry, the only way is up the river on evacuation boats; it is really hard for emergency services to access.

Instructions
After showing the photos as above, ask each Patrol Leader to read one of the family paragraphs attached for her Patrol.
After a few minutes invite “families” to buy materials and start building.

Crisis 1: After 10 mins of building, the wind/hairdryer might do damage. Families who still have money can buy extra materials.
Crisis 2: 5 minutes later, spray the water guns and move the string to show rising sea levels. Patrols who are really struggling may be given help from Trócaire’s partner in the form of extra materials.
Crisis 3: after 5 more minutes test the houses to see which ones can hold the weight chosen by the Leaders.

Debrief/Discussion
If outdoors, ask the Guides to describe how they now feel about people living in parts of the world likely to flood.
If indoors, ask the Guides to draw a large water drop and in it to write or draw their feelings towards the people on the sandbar.

Acknowledgement/Sources
Trocaire and IGG MEDI Committee

Tags

• climate action
• Floods
• gce
• global citizenship education
• Honduras
• National Conference 2019
• Sandbar
• SDG 13
• SDG 13 Climate Action
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL THIRTEEN
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
• Trocaire

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