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Puppets 4 Kids

place Palestine

Supporting Social and Emotional Learning With Puppets

Psychosocial health of children (88% of Palestinian children are traumatized and afflicted by fear). Restriction of movement (West Bank areas are divided into three areas and there ar no geographical connections). Administrative Detention (human rights violation) Lack of basic services. Recreational activities for marginalized communities Employment and poverty rate (The unemployment rate is 27%

Overview

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Web presence

2016

Established

500K

Children

1

Countries
Target group
Students basic
Updated
November 2024
Learning through play is fundamental to our children's education, when children are highly engaged this leads to better learning experiences, helping to promote children's development further. Puppets help to stimulate children's imaginations as well as encourage creative play and discovery. Puppets open a door to a child's imagination allowing them to create, explore and flourish. Breathing life

About the innovation

Why did you create this innovation?

Psychosocial health of children (88% of Palestinian children are traumatized and afflicted by fear).
Restriction of movement (West Bank areas are divided into three areas and there are no geographical connections).
Lack of basic services.
Recreational activities for marginalized communities
Develop the Palestinian educational system.

What does your innovation look like in practice?

Puppets are a great way to engage the attention and imagination of children of all ages. Using puppets in the childcare curriculum is an enjoyable way to promote children's learning of new skills and concepts. The benefits of using puppets include: increasing children's social skills, supporting children emotionally, and puppet is a good tool to capture the attention of young children and children with disabilities

How has it been spreading?

Puppets4Kids is a social enterprise. Currently, Puppets4Kids is working as a department under the umbrella of Yes Theatre. This puppetry department established its work in 2014. It’s a collaboration of professional entrepreneurship puppetry practitioners who graduated from YT programs to work directly with marginalized communities across the district to foster better psychological well-being and provide recreational and extracurricular activities for children and young people especially in the marginalized areas in the West Bank through social entrepreneurship.

If I want to try it, what should I do?

to offer us a space where children are traumatized and are not able to access education.

Spread of the innovation

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