where we work

 

A Syrian refugee and a shadow puppet bird for a story he created about peace

A Syrian refugee and a shadow puppet bird for a story he created about peace

 

Syria: The Shadows & The Shoes. Our most recent film project, shot in September 2014. Two films, one on trauma healing, and one solidarity / peace-building issues, for children affected by the crisis in Syria. The films are being rolled out in Syria and surrounding countries where refugees have fled, like Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. The films are additionally being used with people affected by conflict within Iraq and Egypt.

A little girl dares to play with one of our puppets at a camp for people displaced by conflict, South Sudan

A little girl picks up the courage to play with one of our puppets at a camp for people displaced by conflict, South Sudan

 

South Sudan: Two new films are currently in development, one focusing on malaria, the other acute watery diarrhoea and cholera through messages exploring water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning about landmine safety, Afghanistan

Learning about landmine safety, Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghanistan: ChucheQhalin, No Strings’ first ever programme, a film using characters from local folklore that teaches children how to be safe in a country where millions of landmines and unexploded ordnance remain hidden.

 

 

Watching Flood / Landslide before taking part in puppet-based activities to explore its messages more deeply

The Philippines. Watching Flood / Landslide before taking part in puppet activities to explore messages more deeply

Philippines, Indonesia, East Timor, Burma, Cambodia: Tales of Disasters. Now dubbed into a total of 14 languages, the series was first developed in Indonesia in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami. In the Philippines, it’s now being incorporated into the national curriculum across elementary and secondary schools through the Department of Education. Dubbed into four local Burmese languages, the series is used by outreach workers in regions affected by cyclones, floods and landslides. The Two Gardens peace-building film was added to support communities where there are ethnic tensions (it’s used widely in Mindanao, Philippines), or where disasters have forced a migration of people.

 

 

Madagascan school children make a model to assess risks where they live after watching 'Cyclone'

Madagascar: Making a model to assess local risks after watching ‘Cyclone’

Madagascar. Two new films are currently being developed, one looking at effective land management and environmental preservation, the other health and nutrition. The programme follows the successful launch of the Tales of Disasters films here in 2014, when we dubbed our Cyclone and Flood / Landslide films into Malagasy and ran two major trainings.

 

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe: Kibing! A series of films on HIV, child protection and gender equality, dubbed into local languages and used in schools and outreach centres in rural and urban areas.

 

Watching The Magic Heart at a Port-au-Prince children's centre. The film can evoke difficult feelings, and is shown to small groups or individuals by facilitators skilled in counselling

Watching The Magic Heart at a Port-au-Prince children’s centre. The film can evoke difficult feelings, and is shown to small groups or individuals by facilitators skilled in counselling

Haiti: The Magic in You, a series of three films. The Amazing Machine motivates positive behaviour change around WASH (water, sanitation & hygiene) and public health; The Magic Heart speaks to children affected by trauma, while The Wishing Ring is concerned with child protection issues. The Amazing Machine is now additionally being rolled out in Sierra Leone, West Africa.