Back To Life

Dear Friend,

Some people still question why a Social Circus in a place like Afghanistan, where there are countless problems ranging from hunger to natural catastrophes and war, should be a priority. Last week, on March 20th, the "World Happiness Report 2024" was released. Afghanistan remains at the bottom of the overall rankings as the world’s 'unhappiest' nation. Laughter, fun, joy, hope, and smiles are urgent necessities in Afghanistan.

Once again, we have expanded our network, adding more teams and provinces to our Social Circus network. We now facilitate, supervise, and support 34 youth team leaders in 17 provinces who run weekly social circus activities for over 2000 children. These provinces are Kabul, Nangarhar, Bamyan, Khost, Herat, Balkh, Laghman, Ghor, Badakhshan, Daykundi, Nooristan, Paktika, Logar, Kunar, Kunduz, Zabul, and Helmand. You can access the Facebook pages of each of the 34 teams by following this link: www.mmccglobal.org/acn 

We are currently relocating our centers to new locations, because of increased rent in Herat and the sale of land in Kabul, where the new landlord plans to construct larger buildings. Fortunately, containers are as adaptable as building with LEGO bricks. Through long-distance online support and collaborative modeling, similar to playing with Legos, we have swiftly developed plans for restructuring our new centers.

After a long break, we have finally resumed our Mobile Educational Shows. During its first tour, the new mobile team performed our popular Hand-Washing shows in six locations in Nangarhar province, reaching a total audience of 4450. These educational shows are accompanied by circus acts and fun performed by local children's circus teams. Following this successful kickoff, we hope to host many more such shows across Afghanistan, where our teams are located.

Thanks for your support