Business Skills, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship
Baalty is an educational computer game for children and teenagers that teaches the business skills, business ethics, and entrepreneurialism necessary for starting and growing a small business in Egypt.
Game-based learning
Baalty uses simulation and experiential learning by trial and error to help users understand the dynamics of establishing and building a sustainable retail enterprise. The word “baalty” means “my shop” in Egyptian Arabic.
Baalty creates a learning environment in which users grow in their understanding and application of many of the skills necessary to engage effectively in small and medium enterprise development, and in doing so increase their ability to create better employment opportunities for themselves in real life.
The game was developed by the PPIC-Work (Promoting and Protecting the Interests of Children who Work) project in consultation with working children in Aswan, Egypt. The project is funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Ba’alty was conceived, designed, and programmed in Egypt during the period spanning from mid-2004 until present.
