BISP launches special board game

Islamabad: To create awareness among children of beneficiaries about their rights and protection against abuse and violence, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) on Sunday launched a special board game.

The game includes messages on child protection, nutrition, child labour, freedom of speech, rights of women in Islam, gender discrimination, respect of parents, early marriages, education, drugs, public harassment, savings and many more, she further added. Famous cartoonist Gogi and her team has designed the board game for children.

Addressing the launch ceremony, Chairperson BISP Marvi Memon announced that the program, initially launched in the federal capital, would be soon introduced in all districts facilitating over five million beneficiaries across the country.

She informed that the famous cartoonist Gogi and her team has designed the game to educate the children on various social, environment, moral, health and hygiene issues etc.

She further added that Roots International School is their partner in this drive to disseminate the message of social awareness for a better tomorrow, adding that both the BISP beneficiaries children and Roots International school students would visit each other institutions to disseminate the message at all sections of society.

“Currently 1.9 million children of BISP beneficiaries are getting quality education at par with other children ensuring right of education for all”, she stated. She further said with the help of local academic institutions, this innovative board game will be launched in all the major cities of Pakistan soon.

Marvi Memon said that basic aim behind this board game is to make our youth aware of their roles and rights as citizens of Pakistan and in which ways they can contribute towards making it better, civilized and prosperous country.

Secretary BISP Omer Hammed Khan said the BISP has launched a number of programmes on protection of child rights especially after Zainab’s case. He added that these games have message for the whole society to keep aware, raise voice for their children and act promptly for ensuring safety of their children. Hundreds of children with their families took part in the moot and enjoyed the initiative taken by the BISP, Gogi, the famous cartoonists and Roots International School.