By Tania Skae | Executive Director
This was our second Talking Turkey project (first in October-December 2023) And again we saw incredibly high need with many of the children not having played in a very long time.
Our sessions ranged from circus freelplay to shows, to games, magic shows, circus activities like tightwire, juggling, parachutes, spinning plates. The groups ranged in size from 10 attending to 1200 in any one session. Over the course of the project, between March 25th and May 2nd we delivered 58 sessions reaching 7200 children and families.
We had a great impact through this project, seeing improvements in children's wellbeing, skills development and community and peer relations. Comments include "Children were so excited and up for all of the games - even in the older kids there was so much enthusiasm and a real sense of anticipation throughout the session"
Amazing response to this show - huge number of kids who had clearly never seen anything like this before. The principal said that they rarely get visitors because of the high security / location of the camp and that no one had been in to visit the kids for 2 years.
Both Turkish and Syrian kids were in this session - was amazing to see them integrate and play together
Really brought the community together as older people/grandparents, parents and children all gathered outside to watch the show as part of iftar celebrations.
We brought the group together trough play. The children was willing to go into the fantasy world and there were a boy who started to lead call and response and the whole group responded to his inititativ. It was a beautiful moment who showed inititativ, creativity, and play among the peers.
By Tania Skae | Executive Director
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