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Host You Own Cluster Bomb Olympics

Hold your own local "Cluster Bomb Olympics" to draw attention to the issue! The format allows you to combine substantive speeches and fun games for kids and the young at heart.

Publicizing the event:

A flyer to advertise your event

Sample Press Release

Setup an evite invitation for attendees.

Resources for the event:

Opening remarks at the event

Medals to award the participants and red ribbon to string them

Flags for cluster bomb affected countries*, facts to paste on the back of the flags and chopsticks to serve as a handle.

Ideas for what people can do at the event to take action (PDF)

Fundraising ideas for organizations that do de-mining and victim assistance (PDF)

The Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act would ban the U.S. from using and exporting most of its cluster bombs.

Potential Games

Bocce Bomb:
Bocce bomb is a variation of the lawn game, bocce ball. Bocce ball is played when a target ball is rolled onto a grass field and players try to toss their balls as close to the target ball as possible. In bocce bomb, the balls are used to represent cluster bombs. The rules are the same, except players lose if their ball collides with the target ball (because such a collision would likely detonate unexploded cluster bombs). Recommended materials: wiffle balls, silver spray paint to color the "bomb" balls.

Photo by Rich Jeong, FCNL

Hopscotch Minefield:
Hopscotch minefield is a variation of hopscotch. Using a traditional hopscotch board (or one set out using electrical tape on grass), players toss out a wiffle ball to represent an unexploded cluster bomb on the hopscotch board. Players then must avoid that square while playing. For increased difficulty, use multiple wiffle balls to further limit the number of playable spaces on the board. Recommended materials: chalk or electrical tape, and wiffle balls.

Photo by Rich Jeong, FCNL

Cluster bomb relay race:
The cluster bomb relay race is a variation of relay races many kids run using an egg and a spoon. Contestants must balance a small wiffle ball on a spoon while running the course, and transferring that wiffle ball to the next runner's spoon (without using their hands or letting the ball touch the ground). The team which finishes the race first without dropping the ball wins. Recommended materials: Wiffle balls, spoons.

Scavenger hunt:
Players search for unexploded cluster bombs (represented by empty painted cat food cans with bottle caps glued on) spread throughout a field. Paper inserts on the inside of the cans tell the player whether the cluster bomb was safe to pick up. Lucky players picking up inactive cluster bombs are rewarded points. Unlucky players picking up active cluster bombs go back to zero. The player with the highest score at the end of an alloted period of time wins. Recommended materials: Cat food cans, bottle caps, glue, paint, paper inserts.

Photo by Rich Jeong, FCNL

*Cluster bomb affected countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Chad, Chechnya, Croatia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan), Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Western Sahara (Morocco).

For printable flags for these countries, visit the CIA's World Factbook.

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