Puppet Education

this is about an organization called Peace Through Puppetry

I find that this is using education in not the most traditional of senses.

This program uses small hand and finger puppets to create bonds and a sense of safety between American troops and the children of Iraq and Afghanistan. These puppets are not teaching a child how to cross the street or their ABC's but they are teaching them that the soldiers are there to help them and that they are all one and the same as human beings. I find this to be an important message and an interesting way of gaining the trust of the locals during the time at war. (This organization started in 2007, and to my knowledge is still running)