23 Jeshth, Bhaktapur || Students studying at Himalayan Glory English School organized an event today, engaging the school’s teachers in various games. The program was aimed at sharing knowledge about disaster risk reduction with the teachers. During the event, seven different games demonstrating various disaster risk reduction skills were showcased, and the teachers were encouraged to participate in them. 

Principal and sports trainer Krishna Ram Twanabasu explained that the initiative was taken keeping in mind the curriculum-based lessons on disaster Management and Risk Reduction. Since students also learn and remember lessons better through games, such programs are beneficial for classroom learning. 

The event featured seven different stalls, including activities such as: 

– First aid for fractures 

– The Snakes and Ladders (Nag pas) game is related to floods and landslides 

– Shuffle Game (a photo sequencing game) to teach essential knowledge and skills during disasters 

– Techniques for making stretchers from bed sheets or window curtains. 

– A memory game to reinforce the concept of emergency bags

– Disaster Life Cycle game about an Earthquake 

– A pictorial story on the fire, including earthquakes

A total of 25 teachers and staff from the school, along with three Japanese volunteers working at the school, participated in the event. Pushpa Prajapati, the program coordinator, informed that out of the many games available, only seven were selected—ones that students had previously learned and could now teach others. 

Principal Krishna Ram Twanabasu shared plans to expand such programs in the future by including more games and activities, even involving parents. He noted that learning through games makes students more engaged and interested in the material.  Japanese volunteer teacher Mr. Kohei Moriya expressed happiness at seeing disaster risk reduction being taught through games in Nepal. He mentioned that he also got the opportunity to learn new and different games compared to those in Japan. Another volunteer, Ms. Yuma Suita, who comes from earthquake-prone Japan, shared that such risk reduction games are practiced from an early age in Japan. Meanwhile, Yuka Timilsina, another Japanese volunteer, praised the program, appreciating the hard work of the teachers and students and expressing joy at witnessing such an initiative in Nepal.