Can you help Joseph find his mother?
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We’re proud to announce that Yahoo! Answers has teamed up with the the British Red Cross to bring you one of the first-ever charity online alternate reality games (ARG).
Traces of Hope, an innovative online game, is the story of Joseph, a sixteen-year-old boy, caught up in the aftermath of the Ugandan civil war. He’s been separated from his family and is now left alone in a camp overflowing with thousands who were forced to flee and are always on the lookout for food. Joseph is desperately seeking his mother. But he needs your help …
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When we told the British Red Cross we had a dedicated community of passionate experts on Answers ready to make themselves available to Joseph, they were delighted and relieved: The hunt can start!
Set in northern Uganda, Traces of Hope combines storytelling, detective work, and technology in a hunt across the Internet to reunite Joseph with his mother.
“While it is involving and exciting, Traces of Hope also has a serious point,” says says Dorothea Arndt, new media manager for the British Red Cross. “There are thousands of people like Joseph all around the world whose lives are shattered by conflict. But all around the world, wherever you find people like Joseph, you’ll also find the Red Cross, reconnecting families and rebuilding lives.”
Joseph is alone in Uganda but you have the Internet and the Answers community. With this support you should be able to help Joseph, but time is running out. Visit the Traces of Hope website and dive into the experience. Once you are signed up, the adventure will begin.
If you make any progress with the game, why not share with the community what you thought about it or any tips you might have? Leave your comments here to help others!
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So when exactly does the adventure start…? I just signed up and i wanna start =[
its a game! Wtheck LOL.
oklie dokeily what exactly is this????
How do I play this game?
I’ll give it a go. I can’t help with money; but time & effort, thoughts & prayers ought to count for something, too. Would you not agree?
what do i do how do i sign up and what other stuff do i do to play do i have to pay a fee?????
I’m confused
After you register @ the Traces of Hope website, you should receive an email from Joseph for more information. Still waiting on the email, so not sure what happens after that.
So… I got the auto response that they have my e-mail address. Then nada. Still waiting… 3 days now.
how do i play this game ?
ugh ok shoot it lets play
very good!!!!!!!!!!!
Lol, I love the censoring….
Now, I know why there’s only 12 posts….