Sesame Street adds Rohingya puppets
5 Noor and Aziz to feature in educational videos to inspire refugee children
published : 19 Dec 2020 at 17:40
5 Ernie (left) and Bert are two of the most popular characters on the long-running children’s educational show
Sesame Street. (Reuters File Photo)
DHAKA, Bangladesh: The children’s television show Sesame Street has introduced its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the impact of the pandemic in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh.
Six-year-old twins, Noor and Aziz Yasmin, will feature alongside the show’s famous characters like Elmo and Louie in educational videos in the Rohingya language in the camps, according to Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organisation behind the long-running show.
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Bernama): US children s television show Sesame Street has unveiled plans to create its first Rohingya Muppets in a bid to help children suffering from displacement.
According to Anadolu Agency, the Muppets will be six-year-old twins Noor and Aziz, and will be part of the show s Rohingya-language Play to Learn program.
The Play to Learn program seeks to deliver early education content to children living in Cox s Bazar, the world s largest refugee camp, which is home to some 800,000 Rohingya refugees, according to a statement Sesame Street released Wednesday.
Nearly half of those living in the Bangladesh-based camp are children.
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image captionChildren in Cox s Bazaar have been introduced to Sesame Street s muppets
The US children s show Sesame Street has created two new muppets to help deliver early years education to Rohingya children living in the world s largest refugee camp.
Noor and Aziz are six-year-old twins who will feature in a series of educational videos for children living in Bangladesh s Cox s Bazar.
Since 2017, more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled a brutal army crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar.
Half of those in the camp are children.
Aid agencies have warned of an increase in child marriage and trafficking in the refugee camp since the pandemic forced important services to be scaled back.
Rohingya Muppets to help traumatised refugee children Six-year-old twins Noor and Aziz Yasmin will star with the show s famous characters in educational videos in Rohingya language in the camps 18 December 2020 - 13:43 Naimul Karim Rohingya muppets Noor and Aziz. Picture: TWITTER/UNHCR/SESAME WORKSHOP
Dhaka Children’s TV show “Sesame Street” has unveiled its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the pandemic s effect in the world s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh.
Six-year-old twins Noor and Aziz Yasmin will feature alongside the show s famous characters like Elmo and Louie in educational videos in Rohingya language in the camps, according to Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organisation behind the show.
Children’s TV show Sesame Street has created its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the pandemic’s effect in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh.
Six-year-old twins, Noor and Aziz Yasmin, will feature alongside the show’s famous characters like Elmo and Louie in educational videos in the Rohingya language in the camps, according to Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organisation behind the show.
“Noor and Aziz are at the heart of our efforts to bring early education … to children and caregivers … impacted tremendously by the dual crises of displacement and the COVID-19 pandemic,” Sherrie Westin, president of social impact at Sesame Workshop, said in a statement.