Trust Walk

For this activity, the facilitator creates an obstacle course with boards, blocks, string, or whatever he/she may have to challenge group members. He/she then explains to the group that the floor, or a major area, is poison and if they touch it they will "die." However, they cannot stay where they are because explosives have been hidden and will go off in six minutes. The safety area is on the other side of the room, hall, or field (the other side of the poison). Also, half the group members are blind and must be led through the troubled area to safety. After the time is up, the group will process how it felt to be blind and have to depend on other people, or how it felt to have a blind person's safety in their hands.