Waag developed a web expedition for Samsam magazine in 2006, a place where kids can play the role of reporter and meet the inhabitants of other countries around the globe.

The Samsam-web expedition - the concept

You enter the Samsam world as reporter, where you get an envelope with a (secret) mission for an article. By opening the envelope, you are suddenly transported to a country on the other side of the world. You are surrounded by strange languages, sounds of a market, tropical animals and exotic buildings. You also meet other Samsam reporters. With these fellow reporters you are going to seek for information in the Samsam web expedition, on the internet and in the real world. The first expedition visited Bombay, India.

Targets

It is important for the children that they can imagine what daily life of children in developing countries is like. Therefore, an important task of the Samsam world was to make children conscious of their world citizenship. For teachers supporting educational material was produced and an archive was implemented for those interested in general information.

Samsam magazine started in 1975, published by NCDO in Amsterdam, commissioned by the Ministery of Foreign Affairs.

Project duration

31 Dec 2006 - 31 Jul 2008

Financiers

  • NCDO

Partners

  • Samsam magazine