Armutsgrenze?!

Project owner: Verein ScienceCenter-Netzwerk

Responsible person: Dr. Kathrin Unterleitner

2011

2nd Prize

AT

Civil Society / Social Economy

What is it about?
Appreciation of the Jury
Simple to apply with impressive consequences. A complex issue is disseminated through play to make it comprehensible to children: what does being poor mean to me? Where do I place the boundary between rich and poor? Children should have opinions and be able to express an argument as well as being sensitive to social issues. They need to find solutions to the poverty of the children featured in the 10 stories. The game clearly and carefully motivates children to develop thoughts on this issue and even the organisers are not immune! Let’s hope that ‘Poverty line?!’ is applied in various different ways to help define narrower boundaries for poverty!