In Nigeria’s patriarchal setting, where men have a high social standing and abusing women and children is normalized, allowing everyone to share their perspectives and project their feelings is extremely important to creating an all-inclusive Nigerian culture. “Navigating Your Truth” is a game designed for the younger generation, ages 9-17, that empowers them to speak up and learn that their voice matters.

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Designed for workshops led by Wazieh Offuh as part of the Advocacy On Domestic Violence Against Women & Children Organization, “Navigating Your Truth is a turn-based, active listening game that emphasizes letting everyone share their perspective while the rest of the group listens, judgment-free. The activity uses open-ended prompts to delve deep into the problems these teens face, paired with strands of yarn that allow visual representation of the storyteller's narrative. This allows expression and teaches ways to actively listen and connect with another person’s emotional and physical traumas, leading to overall understanding and peace.

Thesis Statement

Wazieh Foundation is ran by Wazieh Offuh and was created in order to create a safe place and raise awareness about Domestic Violence against women and children.

Background

Wazieh is a school teacher and community activist who is seen as a safe person to talk to within her community.

Process

Prototyping

Questions

Interview/Feedback

Re-iteration

This is a diagram of our main process flow. We went through several stages of this cycle where we would develop questions, interview Wazieh, re-iterate the design based on the interview, then prototype.

Interview I

What is your personal story?

Wazieh Offuh

Organization

Cultural Barriers

Healing Process

Interview II

How do you run your workshops?

Workshop

Active Listening

Interactive Segments

Informative Plays

Active Listening

Active Listening is important to someone feeling comfortable sharing with you. Knowing how to listen and take notes while also observing someones emotion and feelings,, and also being able to give feedback that is constructive and also respectful.

Precedent

Where Should We Begin?

• A game of stories
• Encourages active listening
• Allows space for people to open up

"I believe that human connection has transformative power in all aspects of our lives." 

Esther Perel

Precedent

Bullet Journaling

• Quick organization tool
• It helps you visualize your ideas
• Fosters self-expression

“In the most connected time in history, we're quickly losing touch with ourselves.”

Ryder Carroll

Interview III

How can we help you best?

Original Idea

Work with Teens

Infographics

Healing Process

Mock-up Design

We started making a card game with various prompts to get teens more comfortable with each other.

• Playful comfortable design
• Finding mental triggers
• Four stages
• Focused on active discussion

Key Characteristics:

Interview IV

How does this look?

15 minute sessions

I cant wait to try it

Looks great 

Card Designs

Information

Finding Mental Triggers

Visualizing Experiences

Healing Process

Game Flow

Final Photos

Learning Points

We learned from Wazeih that child abuse is a very pressing issue in Nigeria, lots of children are taken and put to work as maids and work for 12+ hours at the age of 12-17 and getting little sleep and in turn failing in school.

Emotional Abuse is a big issue because not many people notice that others are being emotionally abused and it causes personally identity crisis