Hand Puppets

Everyone attending an in-country No Strings workshop, like this participant in Cambodia, is given a hand-made puppet. After showing children a film, they use them to break the ice and encourage young people…

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Trash Puppets

A plastic water bottle, some paint and a few bits and bobs that nobody wants, and it doesn’t take long to make something extraordinary out of nothing. Puppets can be made from…

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WASH Puppets

While it’s not exactly nice to think about, the idea of how someone else’s poop can make you sick is important to understand; the disease transmission route posters designed to help you…

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Shadow Puppets

Tim Lagasse has puppeteered some of our most colourful characters on shoots. He also worked on two of our workshops, encouraging various approaches with his ultra-high energy; among them, shadows. Using a…

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Seamus

Seamus has been quietly retired. A learning point for us all: puppets rarely fare well in washing machines. He is celebrated, nonetheless, as the pivotal figure who made it all come together,…

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Hamish

Hamish is Seamus’s replacement figure, and, like his predecessor, has clocked up a great many air miles, helping No Strings share our mission with children, NGOs, and local partners in various parts…

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