00:00 These students in Cape Town have a special assignment today.
00:03 They're testing out the edutainment game, Love Land.
00:06 We need young people to help us to create the game.
00:10 Give us critical feedback and say, "Oh, this is really boring. Oh, and this is really cool."
00:14 The game deals with a difficult topic amongst teenagers, sex education, without the stigma or the shame.
00:21 In the game, users need to complete levels on different islands that each stand for an issue of their own,
00:27 like contraception or mental health.
00:29 14-year-old Sibulele and her friends have already tested the app.
00:33 The thing that I like about the app is it is not offensive.
00:38 You learn but you're also playing at the same time.
00:43 The game doesn't only focus on sex. It also focuses on boosting people's loves, boosting people's self-esteem.
00:52 Kairin Steerlin has tested the app in many countries.
00:56 She realised that teenagers around the world usually have the same questions.
01:00 And they often trust misinformation from the internet.
01:04 I experience them very interested and very eager to learn.
01:10 But you need to give them the space, some safe space.
01:13 That's what we try to make with Love Land, with only proper and age-appropriate information.
01:19 The long-term consequences of lack of sex education are often very hard.
01:24 And it kicks them out of the economy and social life.
01:27 Sibulele agrees that there's a lack of proper sex education in her community.
01:33 In South Africa it's rare for a parent to teach you about sex.
01:37 And that's why you find many teenagers in South Africa having these diseases and getting pregnant.
01:49 You are told to not have sex but they don't tell you the consequences.
01:52 And we as teenagers want to know if I were to do this, what would happen?
01:58 And you end up trying to do so.
02:01 Edutainment apps are successful because they incorporate playful elements, which can reinforce learning.
02:07 The school director is pleased his pupils are taking part.
02:10 I want them to be the pioneer so that when they master that, it's going to be actually easy for our school
02:18 to adopt that game as a way of learning and create awareness when it comes to sexual education.
02:25 For the teenagers, this means learning by playing.
02:30 Learn more at www.sibulele.org
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