A Long Walk

Create a life-size game board on the floor of a large room or hallway, or better yet, outside on a parking lot. Mark out about 100 spaces with 8-1/2” x 11” sheets of paper taped to the floor or outside marked with chalk. Along the path of the board, designate at random intervals the 12 instruction spaces described below. Tape a copy of the instruction by each designated square.

Walking in a CROP Hunger Walk
To play the game: Start the children out in Sudan in pairs. Roll a die or turn a spinner to determine how many spaces for each turn. When they land on an instruction space, they should do the action described. Read the instruction spaces aloud as they pass them, even if they don’t land on them. The game is over when everyone is safe in a new home. All are winners.

Materials: paper and tape or chalk, spinner or dice, shredded wheat in small paper bowls, blanket, 2 or 3 plastic gallon jugs filled with water, a world map

Instruction Spaces:

START
  1. Crouch down to hide from soldiers until your next turn
  2. Backtrack to avoid a hungry lion (go back 4 spaces)
  3. Carry a gallon of water the next 10 spaces for as many turns as it takes you to move that far
  4. Wade across a river with crocodiles in it — take off your shoes and roll up your pants legs for the next turn
  5. Run in place until your next turn
  6. You had to climb a tree to sleep on a branch. — Skip your next turn so you get enough rest
  7. Eat some grass for breakfast because you ran out of food (use shredded wheat to eat while on this space)
  8. Rest in Ethiopia for awhile (lie down under a CWS Blanket while you wait for your next turn)
  9. It is no longer safe in Ethiopia (go back 5 spaces)
  10. Arrive in Kenya and go to school (stay in space until 2-4 other players join you)
  11. Wait here for all other players to join you on the plane to fly to America. While you wait, look at a map to see how far that would be. (Note: regardless of number thrown, all stop here until everyone has reached this point. Choose one person to throw/spin for all.)
  12. New Home: Meet your new family! Give thanks to God for blessing you with people who care about you and about building a better world.

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