{"id":3345,"date":"2022-10-24T14:26:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T14:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8d.nl\/projecten\/game-on-sexual-health\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:24:48","slug":"game-on-sexual-health","status":"publish","type":"projecten","link":"https:\/\/8d.nl\/en\/projecten\/game-on-sexual-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Game on sexual health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Game on sexual health<\/h1>\n\n\n

Shkorey en Shariki<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Shkorey is an educational game about sexual health, pregnancy, the human body and raising young children. It was created for and in close co-creation with Eritrean newcomers in the Netherlands. An important feature in the game is \u2018Help in your area\u2019, which brings appropriate local support and care closer to the users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In short <\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Reducing the distance between caregiver and newcomer with a digital game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Stichting Shkorey makes information about sexual health and parenting accessible to newcomers in the Netherlands. The core principle is co-creation: educational materials are developed together with the target group. 8D facilitated the co-creation sessions, developed concepts, and handled the technical development of the Eritrean edition of the Shkorey game app, which offers culturally sensitive information about sexual health and pregnancy to the target audience in an accessible and playful way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shkorey is a great example of how co-creation contributes to support and wide dissemination<\/a>. A creative team of Eritrean youth has emerged, developing new content for the app and actively promoting it on social media. Additionally, a widely used set of manuals and workshops has been developed for healthcare professionals, ensuring they know exactly how to integrate the tool into their daily work. The success of the Eritrean edition of the app led to its further development in 2025 for Arabic-speaking youth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n \n<\/div>\n

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Throughout the entire development process of the Shkorey app, co-creation was central. In collaboration with project leader Geertje Postma, 8D organised various co-design sessions with both Eritrean youth and healthcare professionals. We explored questions such as: what challenges do newly arrived Eritrean parents face in the Netherlands? And what tools do healthcare providers need to effectively inform this target group? Even in later stages, such as choosing the game concept, we continued to actively involve the target audience. This resulted in a group of participants who felt engaged and experienced a sense of ownership over the intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Initiator Geertje Postma: \u201cThe journey towards creating the game was just as important as the end product itself. Eritrean youth played a key role in its development, and along the way it sparked many meaningful conversations about sexual health, the human body, maternity care, and parenting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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