World Rescue Game fosters global citizenship and educates on peace and sustainable development.

World Rescue is a narrative, research-based video-game inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Through fast-paced gameplay set in Kenya, Norway, Brazil, India, and China. 

Players will meet and help five young heroes and help them solve global problems—such as displacement, disease, deforestation, drought, and pollution—at the community level. After all, it’s young global citizens like you who have the power to lead us to a more sustainable world!

One such character is outlined below:

Amana is an indigenous 13-year-old girl who loves and respects her rainforest home in Brazil and is worried about its future. When bull dozers arrive in her community, the impact of deforestation hits close to home and Ama takes action to save her precious trees and successfully turn it into a protected reserve.

Learn more about World Rescue and how to download the game.

The game is developed by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development is UNESCO’s first Category 1 institute in the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on education for peace and sustainable development to foster global citizenship. Through youth networks and emphasis on developing innovative ICT-based pedagogies, as well as initiatives in rethinking curricula, MGIEP has positioned itself as a leading institute for transformative learning for peace and sustainable development.