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October 04, 2006

Muppets teach children a land mine lesson

Posted by: James Hathaway

Thank you to Ray Doherty for sending this our way. Clear Path's Martha and Kristen met with Fazil, the director of the the Afghan organization featured in the piece below on their recent trip to Afghanistan.

From the Christian Science Monitor:

Muppets teach children a land mine lesson
A British charity helps avert tragedy with a children's video on how to spot mines buried throughout Afghanistan.
By Rachel Morarjee | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – "Bang!" The little puppet boy steps on a mine, and now he only has one leg. The Afghan children watching the video at a school on a Kabul hillside gasp.
Puppets have long been used to entertain and to teach children basic lessons such as how to count and the letters of the alphabet.

Now in Afghanistan the creators of Muppet stars Miss Piggy and Fozzy Bear have teamed up with two charities to teach children a lesson in survival: how not to get killed or maimed by the millions of land mines still buried in the Afghan soil.

Read the rest of the article here.

Posted by James Hathaway at October 04, 2006 07:34 PM
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